Swift-swimming, open-ocean hunters such as mako sharks and tunas need a big engine. Despite their long separation in evolutionary terms, the internal drive systems adopted by these fishes are much the same.
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Summers, A. Fast fish. Nature 429, 31–33 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/429031a
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