Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species based on muscle contraction time and stride length: a myth revisited

Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species based on muscle contraction time and stride length: a myth revisited

Billfishes are considered to be among the fastest swimmers in the oceans. Previous studies have estimated maximum speed of sailfish and black marlin at around 35 m s−1 but theoretical work on cavitation predicts that such extreme speed is unlikely. Here we investigated maximum speed of sailfish, and...

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Main Authors: Morten B. S. Svendsen, Paolo Domenici, Stefano Marras, Jens Krause, Kevin M. Boswell, Ivan Rodriguez-Pinto, Alexander D. M. Wilson, Ralf H. J. M. Kurvers, Paul E. Viblanc, Jean S. Finger, John F. Steffensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2016-10-01
Series:Biology Open
Subjects:
Muscle twitch
Maximum swimming speed
Istiophorus platypterus
Sphyraena barracuda
Euthynnus alletteratus
Coryphaena hippurus
Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/5/10/1415

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