Rajiform locomotion: Three-dimensional kinematics of the pectoral fin surface during swimming in the freshwater stingray Potamotrygon orbignyi

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3231-3241

  Blevins, Erin L ^a   Lauder, George V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Batoid; Elasmobranch; Fish; Ray; Undulation

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FIN (ORGAN); HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKATES (FISH); SWIMMING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FRESH WATER; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SKATES (FISH); SWIMMING;

BATOIDEA; DASYATIDAE; PISCES; POTAMOTRYGON MOTORO; POTAMOTRYGON ORBIGNYI; RAJIFORMES;

EID: 84865733418     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068981     Document Type: Article

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