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THE ‘load carried’ by a nursehound Scyllium catulus is approximately 5 per cent in this fish, and fishes closely related to it ; only 95 per cent of the weight of the fish (in air) is supported by the water. In most teleosts (with swim-bladders), such as the conger, the load carried is about 0.01, or practically the whole of the weight is supported by the water1.
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Lowndes, A. G., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 8, 241 (1955).
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LOWNDES, A. Swimming of Fishes. Nature 177, 194 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177194a0
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