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On ostraciiform locomotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. W. Blake
R. W. Blake
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
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Among the teleosts three basic modes of locomotion have been recognized; anguilli-form, carangiform and ostraciiform (Breder, 1926). During the past 50 years much attention has been paid to the anguilliform (Breder, 1926; Gray, 1933 a, b; Gadd, 1952; Taylor, 1952; Lighthill, 1960, 1969, 1970) and carangiform (Breder, 1926; Gray, 1933 c; Bainbridge, 1958, 1960, 1963; Lighthill, 1969, 1970) modes. In contrast little work has been done on the ostraciiform mode. Models have been made along mechanical (Breder, 1926; Gray, 1968, p. 35) and mathematical (Smith & Stone, 1961) lines. How-ever as Gray (1968) points out, ostraciiform locomotion has not been analysed in living fish.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 57 , Issue 4 , November 1977 , pp. 1047 - 1055
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1977

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