ABSTRACT Archerfish down a variety of aerial prey from range distances using water jets that they adjust to the size and distance their prey. We describe here characteristic rapid fin maneuvers, most notably pectoral pelvic fins, are precisely coordinated with release jet. discovered these maneuvers in two fish, which had been characterized detail, trained shoot fixed positions at targets diffe...

—Scoters (Melanitta spp.) exhibit extraordinary maneuvers during courtship flight, attitudes which are not commonly seen in flight. Scoters drop their legs and spread webbed feet during these maneuvers. There appears to be a correlation between how the feet of scoters meet the airflow and the maneuver in progress. Received 25 April 2007. Accepted 5 Au-