... with the flapping aquatic flight of the bird wrasse Gomphosus varius . For this computational work, we used the geometry of the wrasse and its pectoral fin,and previously measured fin kinematics, as the starting points for computational investigation of three-dimensional (3-D) unsteady fluid dynamics. We performed...

...Mark W. Westneat; Jeffrey A. Walker ABSTRACT Labriform locomotion is a widespread swimming mechanism in fishes during which propulsive forces are generated by oscillating the pectoral fins. We examined the activity of the six major muscles that power the pectoral fin of the bird wrasse Gomphosus...

... by fishes with aerial flight by birds, bats and insects. * e-mail: walker@fmppr.fmnh.org . 14 03 1997 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 fish locomotion pectoral fin propulsion swimming hydrodynamics kinematics speed effects bird wrasse Gomphosus varius...