Functional dorsoventral symmetry in relation to lift-based swimming in the ocean sunfish Mola mola.

The largest (up to 2 tons) and a globally distributed teleost--the ocean sunfish Mola mola--is commonly regarded as a planktonic fish because of its unusual shape including absence of caudal fin. This common view was recently questioned because the horizontal movements of the ocean sunfish tracked b...

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Main Authors: Yuuki Watanabe, Katsufumi Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18941510/pdf/?tool=EBI