Meeting Abstract 103-5  Saturday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45  Earliest development of the palatal organ in zebrafish KEER, S*; HERNANDEZ, LP; The George Washington University skeer@gwu.edu Cypriniforms dominate the Earth’s fresh water systems and possess several evolutionary novelties, many of which are associated with feeding. One such novelty is the palatal organ, a fleshy pad attached to […]

Meeting Abstract 103-2  Sunday, Jan. 6 13:45 – 14:00  The hydrodynamics of tail twisting during swimming in the American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) DONATELLI, CM*; SHEN, TH; KHANNA, S; TYTELL, ED; Tufts University; Tufts University; Columbia University; Tufts University cassandra.donatelli@tufts.edu http://twitter.com/CMDonatelli Many fishes use body-caudal undulation to navigate their environments. Some fish, traditionally called anguilliform swimmers, use more […]

Meeting Abstract 103-6  Sunday, Jan. 6 14:45 – 15:00  No One Lambda: Propulsive Wavelength Varies with Swimming Speed and Axial Position in Rainbow Trout. KENALEY, CP*; PETROSIAN, G; SANTOS-POWELL, N; ROONEY, C; Boston College; Boston College; Boston College; Boston College cpkenaley@gmail.com http://kenaleylab.com Fishes swim by generating thrust through undulatory waves that propagate rostrocaudally down the body. Although […]

Meeting Abstract 103-3  Sunday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15  Midlines in motion: Connecting Midline Curvature Dynamics to Heading Change and Center of Mass Deflection in Fishes HOWE, SP*; LEFFLER, D; ASTLEY, HC; Univ. of Akron; Univ. of Akron; Univ. of Akron sph43@zips.uakron.edu Fish maneuverability is a complex and dynamic behavior. Most research on fish maneuverability has focused […]

Meeting Abstract 103-4  Sunday, Jan. 6 14:15 – 14:30  Low and High Pressure Both Contribute to Force Production in Body-Caudal Fin Locomotion in Fishes LUCAS, KN*; LAUDER, GV; TYTELL, ED; Harvard University; Harvard University; Tufts University kelsey.n.lucas@gmail.com Fishes must swim effectively to catch prey, evade predators, and find shelter and mates. Since these behaviors are important for […]

Meeting Abstract 103-8  Sunday, Jan. 6 15:15 – 15:30  How body shape and mechanics interact for swimming performance in (physical models of) fishes: Volumetric flow visualization, forces, and power TYTELL, E.D.; Tufts University eric.tytell@tufts.edu https://sites.tufts.edu/tytelllab/ Fish bodies vary widely in shape, from streamlined torpedo-like fish to very flat, almost disc-like shapes, and many variations in between. Their […]

Meeting Abstract 103-5  Sunday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45  How Fish Power Swimming — a 3D Computational Fluid Dynamics Study MING, TY; SONG, JL; JIN, BW; LUO, HX; DU, RX; DING, Y*; Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, China; Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, China; Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, China; Department of Mechanical Engineering, […]

Meeting Abstract 103-1  Sunday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45  Exploring the Benefits and Limitations of Eel-like Swimming TACK, NB*; DU CLOS, KT; GEMMELL, BJ; University of south florida; University of south florida; University of south florida ntack@mail.usf.edu Eel-like locomotion is generally regarded as a metabolically efficient mode of swimming due to the low cost of transportation (COT) […]

Meeting Abstract 103-7  Sunday, Jan. 6 15:00 – 15:15  Co-Contraction facilitates Body Stiffness Modulation during Swimming with Sensory Feedback in a Soft Biorobotic Physical Model JUSUFI, A*; VOGT, D; WOOD, RJ; Max Planck Institute, Germany; Harvard University ardian@is.mpg.de https://is.mpg.de/person/ardian Undulatory motion of the torso is a salient feature of locomotion in many vertebrate taxa, particularly in fishes […]