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====Oscillatory==== Oscillation is viewed as pectoral-fin-based swimming and is best known as mobuliform locomotion. The motion can be described as the production of less than half a wave on the fin, similar to a bird wing flapping. Pelagic stingrays, such as the manta, cownose, eagle and bat rays use oscillatory locomotion.<ref name="Lindsey">{{cite book|author=Lindsey, C.C.|year=1978|pages=1β100|title=Fish Physiology|volume=7|chapter=Locomotion|editor=Hoar W.S. |editor2=Randall, D.J.|publisher=Academic Press. San Francisco}}</ref> =====Tetraodontiform===== In tetraodontiform locomotion, the dorsal and anal fins are flapped as a unit, either in phase or exactly opposing one another, as seen in the [[Tetraodontiformes]] ([[boxfish]]es and [[pufferfish]]es). The [[ocean sunfish]] displays an extreme example of this mode.<ref name=Sfakiotakis/> =====Labriform===== In labriform locomotion, seen in the wrasses ([[Labriformes]]), oscillatory movements of pectoral fins are either drag based or lift based. Propulsion is generated either as a reaction to drag produced by dragging the fins through the water in a rowing motion, or via lift mechanisms.<ref name=Sfakiotakis/><ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Fulton | first1 = CJ | last2 = Johansen | first2 = JL | last3 = Steffensen | first3 = JF | year = 2013 | title = Energetic extremes in aquatic locomotion by coral reef fishes | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 8 | issue = 1| page = e54033 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0054033| pmid = 23326566 | pmc = 3541231 | bibcode = 2013PLoSO...854033F | doi-access = free }}</ref> {{anchor|Shark locomotion}}
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