carangiform swimming
carangiform swimming A type of swimming practised by fish in which undulations are limited to the caudal (tail) regions with the body bending into less than one half of a sinusoidal wave form. Compare ANGUILLIFORM SWIMMING; BALLISTIFORM SWIMMING; LABRIFORM SWIMMING; OSTRACHFORM SWIMMING; RAJIFORM SWIMMING.
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