A Relation of Size to Swimming Speed in Rainbow Trout
- 1 May 1970
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 27 (5) , 976-978
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f70-111
Abstract
Cruising speed at 10 C of rainbow trout 4–100 g was measured in a rotating chamber and found to vary as weight0.13. Weight varied as length2.91, so that swimming speed was dependent on length0.4, close to the relation found for other salmonids by other authors. A 10-g fish could swim at approximately 9 body lengths (L) sec−1 whereas at 100 g the cruising speed was 5.5 L sec−1. By extrapolation the rate at 1000 g was 3 L sec−1.Keywords
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