Slow Motion Video Below a Glass Knifefish (VIDEO)

New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Purple and mustard dots mark the peaks and troughs of traveling waves of the ribbon fin from the tail and head, respectively. The blue arrow y(t) is the movement of the fish and green arrow u(t) is the movement of the nodal point where the two traveling waves meet.

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