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R. Clapp - 1964
Nov. 1. Kwadjalein Atoll.
I took two pictures of the large purple form
of hermit crab and one of an ant gallery in
a Messerschmidtia tree. These latter ants were
large and reddish and according to the entomologist
are a large carpenter ant, Camponotus. The
entomologist also noted that his traps were
turning up good numbers of mosquitoes and crane
flies.
On the way back to the Shearwater, 3 Black
naped Terns were seen feeding low over the
lagoon waters.
In the evening I spent much of my time
working over the fishes and identifying as many as
I could.
List of Fishes Identified
Muraenidae - Echidna zebra
Ophidithdae - Leiu ranus semicinctus
Chatodontinae -
Chaetodon ehippium
Chaetodon lunula
Chaetodon unimaculatus
Acanthuridae -
Naso lituratus
Zebrasoma veliferum
Acanthurus aliala
Acanthurus triostegus
Serranidae - Epinephelus spilotoceps
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus
Epinephelus merra
Cephalopholis argus
Holocentridae - Holocentrus diadema
Holocentrus sp.
Myripristis sp.
Zanclidae - Zanclus cornutus
Other fish collected included a porcupine
fish, 2 species of triggerfish, 5 plus species
of wrasse, 2 species of trunkfish, 1 stonefish,
and some 20 plus other unidentified species.