Identifier: bulletinofbureau341914unit (find matches)
Title: Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Fisheries
Subjects: Fisheries Fish culture
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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(i CHANGES IN SHADE, COLOR, AND PATTERN IN FISHES. AND THEIR BEARING ON THE PROBLEMS OF ADAPTATION AND BEHAVIOR, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE FLOUNDERS PARALICHTHYS AND ANCYLOPSETTA By S. O. Mast Contribution from the United States Fisheries Biological Station, Beaufort, N. C,and the Zoological Laboratory of the Johns Hopkins University 97867°—vol 34—16 12 173 CONTENTS. Pase. Introduction 177 General survey of changes in shade, color, nnd pattern in fishes 180 Detailed study of changes in shade, color, and pattern in Paralichihys and Ancylopseiia 182 Behavior 182 Adaptive changes in shade, color, and pattern 184 Natural backgrounds 184 Black and white background, artificial 1S6 Relation between the pattern in the skin and that in the background 188 Individuality of the pattern 190 Effect of mechanical and other stimuli on the pattern igi Colored background, artificial 192 General statements 192 Experiments and results in detail 193 Conclusions 198 Rate of adaptation to backgrou

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