COMPARATIVE CAUDAL PHYSIOLOGY
  • Home
  • Overview
  • Shapes and Types
    • Shapes and Types
    • Pointed
    • Rounded
    • Truncate and Indented
    • Forked and Lunate
    • Heterocercal
  • Swimming Philosophies
    • Swimming Philosophies
    • Speed
    • Slow and Steady
    • Ambush Predator
    • Unusual
  • Resources
  • Home
  • Overview
  • Shapes and Types
    • Shapes and Types
    • Pointed
    • Rounded
    • Truncate and Indented
    • Forked and Lunate
    • Heterocercal
  • Swimming Philosophies
    • Swimming Philosophies
    • Speed
    • Slow and Steady
    • Ambush Predator
    • Unusual
  • Resources
  COMPARATIVE CAUDAL PHYSIOLOGY
Forked
Picture
Image Source: roughfish.com
Northern Pike Minnow
Lunate
Picture
Image Source: JustFunFacts
Sailfish
  • Good compromise between Truncate and Lunate, but with a bias towards speed over agility
  • Continuous swimmers
  • Low drag
  • Bursts of speed
  • Caudal fin of choice for speed demons
  • Lowest drag
  • Open ocean continuous swimmers
  • Long distance
  • Poor low-speed performance
Sources: 

​​https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/biological/fish/structure-and-function-fish

​https://books.google.com/books?id=TW2SAkgJOdMC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=truncate++caudal+fin&source=bl&ots=fc5ntwYEEo&sig=ACfU3U2fUa_xjurEXZUTn9WLlB3W3oR0gw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfsO_oqt3hAhXbJTQIHYUlAN04ChDoATAHegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=truncate%20%20caudal%20fin&f=false
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