Sucker Shapes, Skeletons and Bioinspiration: How Hard and Soft Tissue Morphology Generates Adhesive Performance in Waterfall Climbing Goby Fishes.
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DOI: 10.1093/icb/icac094
Abstract: Many teleost fishes, such as gobies, have fused their paired pelvic fins into an adhesive disc. Gobies can use their pelvic suckers to generate passive adhesive forces (as in engineered suction cups) and different species… read more here.
Keywords: suction cups; morphology; performance waterfall; adhesive performance ... See more keywords