COMPARATIVE BIOMORPHOLOGY OF PAIRED FINS OF FISH

Authors

  • Kateryna Grom Graduate student
  • Oleg P. Melnyk National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine image/svg+xml

Abstract

The article presents a review of the main scientific theories of the origin of
the paired fins of fish and their biomorphological features in different currently
existing species of marine fish. It was established that the paired fins of fish serve
not only for maintenance of body-balance and for turning sharply, but also may
have some structural features that enables the “flight” of fish. These features also
help fish to scare predators or to hunt, to walk on the seabed or land. In addition
paired fins can be the organs of taste and touch.

Author Biographies

  • Kateryna Grom, Graduate student
    Department of Animal Anatomy named after Acad. V.G. Kasjanenko
  • Oleg P. Melnyk, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
    DVSc, Prof.

References

?орданский Н.Н. Эволюция жизни / Н.Н. ?орданский - М.: Академия, 2001. - 425 с.

Мельник О. П., Костюк В. В., Шевченко П. Г. Анатомія риб / Під. ред. О. П. Мельника – К.: Центр учбової літератури, 2008 – 620 с.

Омманн Ф. Рыбы / Ф. Омманн – М.: Мир, 1975. – 192 с.

Шевченко П.Г., Пилипенко Ю.В. Основи систематики рибоподібних і риб: Навчальний посібник / П.Г. Шевченко, Ю.В. Пилипенко. – Х.: Олді-плюс, К.: Видавництво Ліра-К, 2013. – 230 с.

Рыбий мир [Електронний ресурс]. - Режим доступу:

http://fishworld.narod.ru - Назва з екрана.

Шмальгаузен ?.?. Основы сравнительной анатомии позвоночных

животных / ?.?. Шмальгаузен – М.: Советская наука, 1947 – 540 с.

EOL [Електронний ресурс]. - Режим доступу: http://eol.org - Назва з екрана.

Fishbase [Електронний ресурс]. - Режим доступу:

http://www.fishbase.org - Назва з екрана.

Fishes of Australia [Електронний ресурс]. - Режим доступу:

http://www.fishesofaustralia.net.au - Назва з екрана.

Pace C. M., Gibb A.C. Mudskipper pectoral fin kinematics in aquatic and terrestrial environments / C. M. Pace, A.C. Gibb // The Journal of Experimental Biology. – 2009. - № 212. – P. 2279 – 2286

Downloads

Issue

No. 201 (2014): Частина 1 (англ)

Section

Article

License

Relationship between right holders and users shall be governed by the terms of the license Creative Commons  Attribution – non-commercial – Distribution On Same Conditions 4.0 international (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0):https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.uk

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).