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The median fin muscles of the leatherjacket,Parika scaber (Pisces: Balistidae)

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The leatherjacket (Parika scaber) swims by means of its well developed dorsal and anal fins using balistiform locomotion. The fibre-composition of the muscles controlling these fins, and the composition of the myotomal trunk muscle, have been studied by electron microscopy and histochemistry. The myotome contains essentially only a single muscle-type (white) used for high-speed sprinting, but the fin muscles are composed of three fibre-types: red, pink and white. The significance of these differences in relation to the locomotion of this species is discussed.

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Davison, W. The median fin muscles of the leatherjacket,Parika scaber (Pisces: Balistidae). Cell Tissue Res. 248, 131–135 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01239973

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