Swimming and jumping ability of 10 Great Plains fish species

Figures & data

Figure 1. Jumping apparatus used to test jumping ability of fish.

Table 1. The mean maximum swimming velocity (±SE) and mean length (±SE) of each species of fish tested. Maximum velocity recorded for each species is also listed. The r² squared value is listed for the correlation between length of fish and maximum velocity for each species. The highest jump completed (cm) is listed for each species.

Species	Mean total length	Mean swimming velocity (cm/s)	Maximum swimming velocity (cm/s)	r^2 Value	Predictive equation	Jump height completed (cm)
Lotic topminnow	55.3 ± 1.1	40.7 ± 1.1	51.6	0.43	0.4383x + 16.42	4
Lentic topminnow	47.1 ± 1.0	38.7 ± 0.9	50.0	0.39	0.5327x + 13.601	NA
Killifish	69.3 ± 1.4	51.8 ± 1.7	73.2	0.38	0.7803x − 2.3083	6
Mosquitofish	48.4 ± 1.5	37.5 ± 1.2	50.1	0.21	0.3553x + 20.309	3
Red shiner	56.1 ± 1.8	57.3 ± 2.6	90.1	0.74	1.2792x − 14.52	4
Sand shiner	58.1 ± 1.3	62.0 ± 1.9	85.6	0.57	1.0787x − 0.7235	3
Black bullhead	59.7 ± 1.9	43.4 ± 2.1	69.7	0.46	0.7766x − 2.9674	1
Channel catfish	75.7 ± 2.1	61.8 ± 1.7	>82.1*	0.28	0.4423x + 28.328	6
Bluegill	47.0 ± 1.5	45.7 ± 1.5	63.7	0.62	0.7618x + 9.8998	0
Green sunfish	63.4 ± 2.0	49.2 ± 1.9	73.8	0.54	0.7094x + 4.2148	13
Largemouth bass	69.0 ± 1.0	65.0 ± 1.7	85.0	0.32	0.9613x − 1.3248	7

*Limitation of equipment at time fish were available.