... achieve and sustain higher swimming speeds than animals with rowing paddles by comparing steady swimming ability within two pairs of closely related species of Labridae. At the same time, these data provide critical performance data to support the ecomophological associations described above ( Bellwood...

... varius (Labridae: Perciformes). The muscles studied included the fin abductors (arrector ventralis, abductor superficialis and abductor profundus) and the fin adductors (arrector dorsalis, adductor superficialis and adductor profundus). Our goals were to determine the pattern of muscle activity...

... of evolution of the jaw mechanism of Epibulus from that of its closest labrid relatives. 3 4 1991 © 1991 by Company of Biologists 1991 Labridae feeding biomechanics Epibulus insidiator 166 M. W. WESTNEAT Fig. 1. A four-bar linkage undergoing movement. Heavy lines indicate initial...