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On the heterocercal tail in sharks

  • Keith Stewart Thomson (a1)
Abstract

A new account of the mechanical action of the heterocercal tail in fishes is given, developed from study of the swimming of sharks. The heterocercal tail is capable of delivering a thrust that can be oriented in a wide range of angles in the vertical plane. The orientation results from a balance of forces acting in the tail. Normally the heterocercal tail delivers neither an epibatic nor a hypobatic thrust, but rather one directly through the center of gravity of the fish. On the basis of the new account, predictions concerning the shape and proportions of the heterocercal tail are made and tested.

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