What Is Fish Swimming - Anguilliform Locomotion

Introduction

What is Fish Swimming:

Swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms ranging from arthropods to fish to molluscs.

What is Fish locomotion?

The prevailing type of fish locomotion is swimming in water. In addition, some fish can "walk", i.e., move over land, burrow in mud, and glide through the air.

Swimming Vs locomotion

Swimming Locomotion

Its biologically propelled Always not biologically propelled

It's a active work May be active or passive

A independent phenomenon Sometimes rely on environment such as wave, wind current etc.

Happen in liquid medium mainly water Water is not necessary; Perhaps happen in air or land too

Mainly found in relatively higher organism Found in all types of organism

All types of swimming is locomotion All types of locomotion is not swimming

Ex: movement of Magur in water Ex: Walking of Koi on land

Why swimming and locomotion?

For Searching food

For Migration

For safety or flee from Predator

For Mating or courtship behavior

. Nutritional needs

4. Digestive efficiency

Some fish need to swim in order to maintain flotation;

How many types?