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>>Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:28:36 -0600
>From: "Noltie, Douglas B." <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: fish spots
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>Folks: An interesting question was recently asked me by a student: some
>fish have large 'eye spots' on their tails (e.g., bowfin, some reef
fishes,
>red drum, oscars) - how common is the caudal fin eye spot (i.e., what
other
>species exhibit this), and in what species does the size/color/presence of
>the eye spot differ among individuals (between the sexes, between the
>sizes/ages, as a function of season, with dominance/subordinance)? A good
>question, for which I don't have a ready answer. Your thoughts? Doug
>Noltie, U. Missouri.<
In the European marine fish, Symphodus melops (=Crenilabrus), the ocellated
spots are obscured when the Corkwing Wrasse is asleep.
http://cbr.nc.us.mensa.org/homepages/BMLSS/corkwing.htm
for photographs.
Cheers
Andy Horton
British Marine Life Study Society (formed 6 June 1990)
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