Fishes suspended in water are subject to the complex nature of three-dimensional flows.
Often, these flows are the result of abiotic and biotic sources that alter otherwise uniform …

Abstract The European eel (Anguilla anguilla Linnaeus 1758) is a species typical for waters
of Western Europe. Thanks to early expeditions on the Atlantic Ocean by the Danish …

Larval zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) are a popular model system because of their genetic
attributes, transparency and relative simplicity. They have approximately 200 neurons that …

Animal movements result from a complex balance of many different forces. Muscles produce
force to move the body; the body has inertial, elastic, and damping properties that may aid or …

Undulatory swimming in fish is powered by the segmental body musculature of the
myotomes. Power generated by this muscle and the interactions between the fish and the …

One of the mysteries of the animal kingdom is the long-distance migration (5000–6000 km)
of the European eel Anguilla anguilla L. from the coasts of Europe to its spawning grounds …

The swimming muscle of teleost fish, comprising 60% of the total body mass, consists of a
number of almost identical units, the myotomes. They are separated from each other by …

Swimming and turning behaviors of larval zebrafish have been described kinematically, but
prey capture behaviors are less well characterized. High-speed digital imaging was used to …

Approximating the complexity of natural locomotor conditions provides insight into the
diversity of mechanisms that enable animals to successfully navigate through their …

When flying snakes glide, they use aerial undulation. To determine if aerial undulation is a
flight control strategy or a non-functional behavioural vestige of lateral undulation, we …