Functions of fish skin: Flexural stiffness and steady swimming of longnose gar Lepisosteus osseus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2139-2151

  Long Jr , John H ^a   Hale, Melina E ^b   Mchenry, Matt J ^a   Westneat, Mark W ^c  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

flexibility; ganoid scales; Lepisosteus osseus; locomotion; longnose gar; scales; skin; stiffness; swimming; undulation; undulatory waves

Indexed keywords

LEPISOSTEUS OSSEUS;

EID: 0030473109     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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