Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... Atlantic Coasts of tropical America has its upper parts clad in dark green ; the Flying - fish ( Exocotus volitans ) , the Pilot - fish ( Naucrates ductor ) , and the young of Scombresox , wear the bright blue coloration almost peculiar ...
... Atlantic Coasts of tropical America has its upper parts clad in dark green ; the Flying - fish ( Exocotus volitans ) , the Pilot - fish ( Naucrates ductor ) , and the young of Scombresox , wear the bright blue coloration almost peculiar ...
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... Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts , belonging to the genera Astroscopus and Uranoscopus ( Uranoscopida ) , are sluggish , stout- bodied fish , which bury themselves in the sand under the surf , and capture their prey by ambush ...
... Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts , belonging to the genera Astroscopus and Uranoscopus ( Uranoscopida ) , are sluggish , stout- bodied fish , which bury themselves in the sand under the surf , and capture their prey by ambush ...
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... Atlantic and its Appli- cation to Biological Problems . Rapp . Cons . Explor . Mer . Copenh . , 101/2/3 , pp . 3-14 , 6 figs . 98 1936. On the Depth at which Fish can see . Ecology , Brooklyn , 17 , pp . 452–6 . 99 COATES , C. w . 1933 ...
... Atlantic and its Appli- cation to Biological Problems . Rapp . Cons . Explor . Mer . Copenh . , 101/2/3 , pp . 3-14 , 6 figs . 98 1936. On the Depth at which Fish can see . Ecology , Brooklyn , 17 , pp . 452–6 . 99 COATES , C. w . 1933 ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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