Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species based on muscle contraction time and stride length: a myth revisited
dc.contributor.author | Svendsen, MBS | |
dc.contributor.author | Domenici, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Marras, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Krause, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Boswell, KM | |
dc.contributor.author | Rodriguez-Pinto, I | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, Alexander | |
dc.contributor.author | Kurvers, RHJM | |
dc.contributor.author | Viblanc, PE | |
dc.contributor.author | Finger, JS | |
dc.contributor.author | Steffensen, JF | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-09T09:18:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-05-09T09:18:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-10-15 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2046-6390 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2046-6390 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/11436 | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Billfishes are considered to be among the fastest swimmers in the oceans. Previous studies have estimated maximum speed of sailfish and black marlin at around 35 m s−1 but theoretical work on cavitation predicts that such extreme speed is unlikely. Here we investigated maximum speed of sailfish, and three other large marine pelagic predatory fish species, by measuring the twitch contraction time of anaerobic swimming muscle. The highest estimated maximum swimming speeds were found in sailfish (8.3±1.4 m s−1), followed by barracuda (6.2±1.0 m s−1), little tunny (5.6±0.2 m s−1) and dorado (4.0±0.9 m s−1); although size-corrected performance was highest in little tunny and lowest in sailfish. Contrary to previously reported estimates, our results suggest that sailfish are incapable of exceeding swimming speeds of 10-15 m s−1, which corresponds to the speed at which cavitation is predicted to occur, with destructive consequences for fin tissues.</jats:p> | |
dc.format.extent | 1415-1419 | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Company of Biologists | |
dc.subject | Muscle twitch | |
dc.subject | Maximum swimming speed | |
dc.subject | Istiophorus platypterus | |
dc.subject | Sphyraena barracuda | |
dc.subject | Euthynnus alletteratus | |
dc.subject | Coryphaena hippurus | |
dc.title | Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species based on muscle contraction time and stride length: a myth revisited | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
plymouth.author-url | https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000388300900008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=11bb513d99f797142bcfeffcc58ea008 | |
plymouth.issue | 10 | |
plymouth.volume | 5 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | Biology Open | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1242/bio.019919 | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA07 Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2016-08-16 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2046-6390 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1242/bio.019919 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2016-10-15 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |