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" ... the caudal fin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it is used as in other fishes; the chief function of the broad pectorals seems to be that of forming a current of water through the gills, thus aiding respiration,... "
The Cambridge Natural History - Page 725
edited by - 1904 - 760 pages
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Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 24

Science - 1883 - 1092 pages
...rotary, sculling motion, resembling that of a screw-propeller; the caudal fin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it...water through the gills, thus aiding respiration, wbich would otherwise be difficult on account of the narrowness and inflexibility of the branchial...
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Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia: With a Systematic List ...

Edward Drinker Cope - Amphibians - 1875 - 454 pages
...sculling motion resembling that of a screw-propeller ; the caudal fin acts sis a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it is used as by other fishes. The chief function of the broad pectorals appears to be that of fanning a current...
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Pamphlets on Forestry. Fish and Game, Volume 2

Birds - 1898 - 992 pages
...rotary, sculling motion, resembling that of a screw propeller; the caudal fin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it...from the water, one of these fishes will live for 2or3 hours, all the time solemnly fanning its gills, and when restored to it« native element seems...
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Bulletin of the United States National Museum

United States National Museum - Science - 1898 - 988 pages
...rotary, sculling motion, resembling that of a screw propeller; the caudal fin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it...difficult on account of the narrowness and inflexibility o(' the branchial apertures. When taken from the water, one of these fishes will live for 2 or 3 hours,...
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Bulletin of the United States National Museum

United States National Museum - Science - 1898 - 988 pages
...rotary, sculling motion, resembling that of a screw propeller; the caudal fin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it...otherwise be difficult on account of the narrowness and iullexibilily of the branchial apertures. When taken from the water, one of these fishes will live...
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Investigations of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries of Porto Rico

United States. Bureau of Fisheries, Barton Warren Evermann, Millard Caleb Marsh - Fisheries - 1900 - 472 pages
...half-rotary, sculling motion, resembling that of a screw propeller; the caudal fin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it...gills, thus aiding respiration, which would otherwise he difficult on account of the narrowness and inflexibility of the branchial apertures. When taken...
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Investigations of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries of Porto Rico

United States. Bureau of Fisheries, Barton Warren Evermann, Millard Caleb Marsh - Fisheries - 1900 - 476 pages
...of forming a current of water through the gills, thus aiding respiration, which would otherwise l>e difficult on account of the narrowness and inflexibility...apertures. When taken from the water one of these lishes will live for two or three hours, all the time solemnly fanning it." gills, and when restored...
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Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Volume 20

United States Fish Commission - Fish culture - 1902 - 830 pages
...half-rotary, sculling motion, resembling that of a screw profiler; the caudal fin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it...gills, thus aiding respiration, which would otherwise l>e difficult on account of the narrowness and inflexibility of the branchial apertures. When taken...
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American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in ...

David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann - Fishes - 1902 - 800 pages
...half-sculling motion, resembling that of a screw propeller; the caudal fin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it...a current of water through the gills, thus aiding in respiration, which would otherwise be difficult on account of the narrowness and inflexibility of...
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Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Volume 20

United States Fish Commission - Fish culture - 1902 - 668 pages
...half-rotary, sculling motion, resembling that of a screw propeller; the caudal tin acts as a rudder, save when it is needed for unusually rapid swimming, when it...as in other fishes; the chief function of the broad pectorale serins to he thai of forming a current of water through the gills, thus aiding respiration,...
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