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How fish schools swim in sync may come down to following one influential neighbor

Source: Phys.org · Published 30 Oct 2026, 16:20

Fish schools are a marvel of navigation. They move in concert without any one fish leading the way. Instead, their coordinated movements arise from individual fish continually adjusting their movements based on their neighbors. But how much of this social information each fish processes at once is less well understood.

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Fish schools are a marvel of navigation.
They move in concert without any one fish leading the way.
Instead, their coordinated movements arise from individual fish continually adjusting their movements based on their neighbors.
But how much of this social information each fish processes at once is less well understood.

How fish schools swim in sync may come down to following one influential neighbor

Key points

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