Fig. 1. Body regions tracked using Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV)
cross-correlation (see text for details). Dorsal view of an adult fish
(FL=3.24 cm). Yellow arrows are velocity vectors (in m
s–1) describing the change in position of local pixel
intensity patterns between two consecutive frames (time between frames=1 ms).
Arrowheads are constant size but arrow shafts are proportional to vector
magnitude. Boxes: 1, tip of upper caudal fin lobe; 2, base of caudal fin; 3,
left pectoral fin; 4, right pectoral fin; 5, base of pectoral fins; 6, head.
Body velocities nearest to fins (boxes 2 and 5) were subtracted from fin
velocities (boxes 1, 3 and 4) to obtain the velocity of the fins relative to
the body.