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Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell 1837)

locomotion

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swimming
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0036268

Definition: Self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through water, often by means of active fin movement.

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Webb 1984
carcharhiniform
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/carcharhiniform

Definition: Body/caudal fin propulsion, retaining eel-like body movements and exploiting interactions between the sidewash from an anterior median fin with the next posterior fin, increasing its effective angle of attack

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