and swim. These species demonstrate distinct morphological and behavioral tradeoffs associated with transitioning from air to water and water to air....

system in animal movement Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and water – Comparison of swimming and flying, evolution and biophysics Undulatory locomotion – Wave-like...

most closely related to lizardfish. Flying and gliding animals Neuston Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and water Fossilworks. "Exocoetidae". Archived from...

carbon dioxide is more soluble in water. Air flow through the mouth is tidal, and through the lungs it is bidirectional and observes "uniform pool" diffusion...

methods for land movement, such as lateral undulation, tripod-like walking (using paired fins and tail), and jumping. Many of these methods of locomotion incorporate...

for prehistoric species. Kiviak, a traditional Inuit food from Greenland that is made of auks preserved in seal skin Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and...

muscles contract and pull against the basals of the pterygiophores along one side of the body, which helps the fish move through water by providing greater...

glottis. They are facultative air-breathers, accessing surface air to breathe when the water they inhabit is poorly oxygenated. Their lungs are highly vascularized...

Fin and flipper locomotion occurs mostly in aquatic locomotion, and rarely in terrestrial locomotion. From the three common states of matter — gas, liquid...

fish maw, or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ in bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) that functions to modulate buoyancy, and thus allowing...

proposed tradeoffs that determine the success of prey capture: the rate of jaw opening and closing, the mobility of the bony elements in the skull, and the...

Milt is the seminal fluid of fish, mollusks, and certain other water-dwelling animals. They reproduce by spraying this fluid which contains the sperm...

fin Fin and flipper locomotion Fish locomotion Polydactyly in early tetrapods RoboTuna Shark fin soup Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and water Undulatory...

this taxon is known as rajiform locomotion. The eyes and spiracles are located on the upper surface of the body, and the gill slits on the underside....

oval as in the majority of other fishes. A dorsal fin is always present, and is the principal (in some species, the only) organ of locomotion. The ventral...

of air. Water is 777 times more dense than air and is 100 times more viscous. Oxygen has a diffusion rate in air 10,000 times greater than in water. The...

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accompanied by their possible meanings. Scientific names for individual species and higher taxa are included in parentheses. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H...

place in the spring the river in fall and staying over winter in reaches of the river offering adequate substrate and water-flow resting conditions. Very...

Jeffrey B.; Wegner, N.C. (2010). "6. Breathing air in water and in air: the air-breathing fishes". In Nilsson, Göran E. (ed.). Respiratory Physiology...

an important food fish in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean and the northern Mediterranean, western Baltic, and Black Sea. In Anglophonic countries outside...

of the egg case to aid water flow. The embryo fans its tail constantly to promote exchange with surrounding water. Oviparity in sharks can be categorized...

Animal locomotion Aquatic Fish fin Locomotion in space Robot locomotion Role of skin in locomotion Terrestrial locomotion Tradeoffs for locomotion in air and...

currents. Coelacanth locomotion is unique. To move around they most commonly take advantage of up- or down-wellings of current and drift. Their paired...

The pectoral fins are large and provide the snailfish with its primary means of locomotion, although they are fragile. In some species such as the antarctic...

ichthyologists were hunters and gatherers who had learned how to obtain the most useful fish, where to obtain them in abundance, and at what times they might...

Undulatory locomotion is the type of motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward. Examples of this type of...

90 cm (2 to 3 ft) wide and 7.5–9 m (25–30 ft) long drifting freely in the water. The eggs in this sheet are in a single layer, each in its own little cavity...

silvery grey belly and the bones are green. Garfish are pelagic fish which live close to the water surface. They eat small fish and have a migratory pattern...

in the water column goes from the bottom. Oily fish meat is a good source of important fat-soluble vitamins such as Vitamin A and D, and is rich in omega-3...