Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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Page 176
... fishes ( comprising equal numbers of ' blacks ' and ' whites ' ) were offered : out of 274 fishes eaten - 201 ( 73 per cent . ) were ' whites ' , and 73 ( 27 per cent . ) were ' blacks ' . ( 3 ) In the combined experiments , out of 542 ...
... fishes ( comprising equal numbers of ' blacks ' and ' whites ' ) were offered : out of 274 fishes eaten - 201 ( 73 per cent . ) were ' whites ' , and 73 ( 27 per cent . ) were ' blacks ' . ( 3 ) In the combined experiments , out of 542 ...
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... FISHES AND SEA ANEMONES We may compare with the above the close commensal association found on the coral reefs of the Indo - Australian Archipelago between Damsel - fishes of the family Pomacentrida and certain large Actinians . It has ...
... FISHES AND SEA ANEMONES We may compare with the above the close commensal association found on the coral reefs of the Indo - Australian Archipelago between Damsel - fishes of the family Pomacentrida and certain large Actinians . It has ...
Page 452
... Fishes of the Tortugas Reefs . Book , 13 , Carnegie Inst . , Washington , pp . 207-8 . Year 337 338 339 1915. Coloration of Tropical Reef Fishes . Ibid . , 14 , pp . 208–9 . 1916. Observations upon Tropical Fishes and Inferences from ...
... Fishes of the Tortugas Reefs . Book , 13 , Carnegie Inst . , Washington , pp . 207-8 . Year 337 338 339 1915. Coloration of Tropical Reef Fishes . Ibid . , 14 , pp . 208–9 . 1916. Observations upon Tropical Fishes and Inferences from ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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