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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/17/2277329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="byline"><SPAN class="date">Tuesday, 17 June 2008</SPAN> Darren Osborne<BR /><SPAN class="author">ABC</SPAN></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/17/2277329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="first">A team of researchers has found how some reef fish use their fins to fly underwater, allowing them to survive in the sometimes cyclonic currents surrounding coral reefs.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/17/2277329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abc.net.au/img/F74ED965-AB19-40B6-BDC0-1DE4BE4ED171" alt="parrot fish" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/17/2277329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P class="caption" id="storyPhotosCaption">Reef fish such as blue parrotfish have developed wings to swim with greater force <EM>(Source: iStockphoto)</EM></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/17/2277329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>The research, led by Dr Chris Fulton, from <A target="_blank" href="http://www.anu.edu.au/">The Australian National University</A>, appears in the journal <A target="_blank" href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/100407/"><EM>Coral Reef</EM></A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/17/2277329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>Fulton says he first noticed the wing-like fins during surveys of coral reefs in Australia. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/17/2277329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>The wing shape allows fish such as parrotfish, wrasse and surgeonfish to fly through the water using a figure-of-eight pattern.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/06/17/2277329.htm?site=science&topic=latest"><P>He says fish with wing-shaped fins keep them spread at all times and sweep in a figure-of-eight pattern that constantly generates thrust. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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