Morphometry and burst swimming in six continental fish species from Costa Rica

Morphometry and burst swimming in six continental fish species from Costa Rica

Authors

  • Francisco Quesada-Alvarado Universidad Nacional, Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas, Heredia, Costa Rica. Universidad de Costa Rica, Escuela de Biología, Programa Regional de Posgrado en Biología, Sistema de Estudios de Posgrado, San José, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9025-3009
  • Fernando Campos-Calderón Universidad Nacional, Departamento de Física, Servicio Regional de Oceanografía (SERIO). 86-3000 Heredia, Costa Rica https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4969-4368

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v11i3.2701

Keywords:

velocity, morphometric, characteristics, locomotion, ecology, riverine, ecosystems, freshwater

Abstract

Introduction: Current research of fish locomotion is focused on creating better underwater vehicles and how environmental stress factors modify swimming. Objective: To study the relation of morphometric characteristics with burst swimming in six representative species of continental fishes from Costa Rica. Methods: We measured total length, standard length, height and area of the tail of 38 individuals from six species. We used a Kruskall-Wallis test and a Boxplot graphic to compare species; and a PCA test to identify body variables that influence swimming. A Non-Metric Dimensional Scaling (NMDS) test was done for species and position in the water column. Results: The fastest swimming corresponded to A. nigrofasciata (9,29cm/s), while S. salvini (1,65cm/s) was the slowest. Burst swimming speed is influenced by body size and tail type, and differed with position in the water column, being surface species the fastest. Conclusions: Morphological and ecological characteristics determine differences in burst swim.

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2019-12-01

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Quesada-Alvarado, F., & Campos-Calderón, F. (2019). Morphometry and burst swimming in six continental fish species from Costa Rica . UNED Research Journal, 11(3), 395–402. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v11i3.2701

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