- Thunniform,
rapid swimming with a
large powerful crescent-shaped tail; and
Ostraciiform, with
almost no
oscillation except of the tail fin. More specialized...
- Most
members of this
order –
except for the
family Balistidae – are
ostraciiform swimmers,
meaning the body is
rigid and
incapable of
lateral flexure...
- only
comparable to some
Paleogene tetraodontiformes, and
suggests an
ostraciiform locomotion. Nursall, J. Ralph; Cap****o,
Luigi (January 2004). "Gebrayelichthys...
-
immediately behind the horns.
Their unique method of swimming,
called ostraciiform swimming,
causes them to look as if they are hovering. They have no pelvic...
- they are
usually very
stiff to push more
water out of the way.
Ostraciiform:
Ostraciiform swimmers oscillate their caudal region,
making them relatively...
- cir****stances in
teleost (ray-finned) fish, sharks, and
marine mammals.
Ostraciiform: the body
remains rigid and the
stiff caudal fin is
swept in a pendulum-like...
