COMPARATIVE CAUDAL PHYSIOLOGY
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  • 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

Rounded

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Image Source: Iowa DNR
Bowfin
Image Source: Underwater Journal
Goliath Grouper
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Uses:
  • Low speed, high accelleration
  • Excellent maneuverability and agility
  • High drag
  • Ambush predators (Sneak and strike)
  • Smaller prey species (Agility is a great evasion technique)
Source: ​G. Liu & H. Dong [#•••••••••]
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