Fig. 6. Contours of
2-value and vorticity for the flow field
shown in Fig. 5C. (A)
2-value contour; the locations designated
Vx1, Vx2, Vx3 and
Vx4 are cores of vortices adjacent to caudal fin-wave
propagation (CFP) jets. (B) Vorticity contour; bold black arrows indicate the
dorsal and ventral CFP jets located between counter-rotating vortex pairs. The
white, curved bold arrows indicate the directions of rotation of four vortices
adjacent to the dorsal and ventral CFP jets. The bold white curves (A,B)
indicate the projection of the trailing edge of the caudal fin on the plane of
the light sheet. The black vectors (A,B) indicate the in-plane flow
velocities.