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Movie 1: A striped surfperch swimming by pectoral fin locomotion at 2 body lengths per second.

 

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Movie 2: Same fish at higher speed using a combination of pectoral and tail fin oscillation.

 

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Movie 3: Six size classes of striped surfperch swimming at the same absolute speed.

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