Locomotion of free-swimming ghost knifefish: Anal fin kinematics during four behaviors

Zoology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 337-348

  Youngerman, Eric D ^a   Flammang, Brooke E ^a   Lauder, George V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fin kinematics; Fin rays; Fish locomotion; Knifefish; Swimming behaviors

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; APTERONOTUS ALBIFRONS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; FIN (ORGAN); GYMNOTIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GYMNOTIFORMES; SWIMMING;

EID: 84921686152     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: 18732720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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