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The unsteady hydrodynamic forces and moments acting on caudal-fin models of fish with different shapes and different swing durations were experimentally measured to simulate the fish C-starts. The motion of models was characterized by rotating the model to a maximum deflection angle in an excursion time Tu and back to the initial position in a return time Td around its root-axis. Studies show that the caudal-fin plays an important role in fish C-starts and the caudal-fins with different shapes and different swing durations generate different forces and moments. In addition, the hydrodynamic forces and moments acting on the models with different shapes can be normalized by the 2nd and 3rd moments of area, respectively. The forces and moments acting on the models with different swing durations, but the same ratio of Tu to Td can also be scaled.