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A mechanical piston action may assist pelvic–pectoral fin antagonism in tree-climbing fish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2017

Adhityo Wicaksono ,
Saifullah Hidayat ,
Bambang Retnoaji ,
Adolfo Rivero-Müller  and
Parvez Alam
Adhityo Wicaksono
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Paper Coating and Converting, Centre for Functional Materials, Åbo Akademi University, Porthaninkatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland Laboratory of Animal Structure and Development, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Saifullah Hidayat
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Structure and Development, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia Department of Biology Education, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo, Semarang 50185, Indonesia
Bambang Retnoaji
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Structure and Development, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Adolfo Rivero-Müller
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of Lublin, Chodzki 1, 20-123 Lublin, Poland Turku Centre of Biotechnology, Åbo Akademi University, Tykistökatu 6B, 20521 Turku, Finland
Parvez Alam*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Paper Coating and Converting, Centre for Functional Materials, Åbo Akademi University, Porthaninkatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland School of Engineering, Institute for Materials and Processes, University of Edinburgh, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Alam, School of Engineering, Institute for Materials and Processes, Sanderson Building, Robert Stevenson Road, King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh, UK email: parvez.alam@ed.ac.uk and parvez.alam@abo.fi
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Abstract

In this research, we compared the anatomy and biomechanics of two species of mudskipper vs an aquatic sandgoby in view of terrestrial locomotion. Of particular interest was the relationship (if any) of pectoral fin movement with pelvic fin movement. We show that the pelvic fins of the terrestrial mudskippers studied herein, are retractable and move antagonistically with the pectoral fins. The pelvic fin of the sandgoby studied here is contrarily non-retractable and drags on any underlying substrate that the sandgoby tries to crawl across. We find that the pelvic and pectoral fin muscles of all fish are separated, but that the pectoral fins of the mudskipper species have bulkier radial muscles than the sandgoby. By coupling a detailed morphological investigation of pectoral-pelvic fins musculature with finite element simulations, we find that unlike sandgobies, the mudskipper species are able to mechanically push the pelvic fins downward as pectoral fins retract. This allows for an instant movement of pelvic fins during the pectoral fin backward stroke and as such the pelvic fins stabilize mudskippers through Stefan attachment of their pelvic fins. This mechanism seems to be efficient and energy saving and we hypothesize that the piston-like action might benefit pelvic–pectoral fin antagonism by facilitating a mechanical down-thrust. Our research on the biomechanics of tree-climbing fish provides ideas and greater potential for the development of energetically more efficient systems of ambulation in biomimetic robots.

Keywords

Mudskipperfish biomechanicspelvic finpectoral finfunctional morphologybionics
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 98 , Special Issue 8: Special Section: European Marine Biology Symposium Papers 2018 , December 2018 , pp. 2121 - 2131
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2017 

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