Fig. 1. Diagram based on Domenici and Blake (Domenici and Blake, 1997) and Schriefer and Hale (Schriefer and Hale, 2004) summarizing present knowledge of fast-start motor patterns in fish. The present study provides the first demonstration that fast C-starts, on which most neurobiological work has focussed, can be used in precisely aimed feeding strikes (red arrow). Our findings imply that C-start circuitry can be used to drive rather complex behavior at high precision and top speed.