anguilliform swimming
anguilliform swimming A type of swimming practised by highly flexible fish such as eels, in which most of the body length undulates such that over a half a sinusoidal wave is formed. Compare BALLISTIFORM SWIMMING; CARANGIFORM SWIMMING; LABRIFORM SWIMMING; OSTRACIIFORM SWIMMING; RAJIFORM SWIMMING.
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