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C55 67-9
are only a light grey - some smaller ones (~17-18 mm)
have only black on fins, where previously they
would have been very dark by that size.
Finishing breeding season? This decrease in color
intensity results in some difficulty in differentiating
sexes and could explain why in C55 67-8 I
noted a seeming increase in proportion of females
to males. At that time, increasing darkness by no
stroke caused me to hurry as much as possible
in taking pictures so I did not examine the fish at all
at that time.
Charlie and I found two fish which showed
evidence of planaria being either scavengers or
predators on C. diabolis. The first is a fish - mm
in length which had been hopelessly caught in the
algae and had 5-7 planaria around (crawling on)
it. With these was another, smaller invertebrate -
identified as a . The C. diabolis was
still living.
Another, larger fish was found several
minute later. It was dead and also had several
(5-7 again) planaria crawling+ attached to it.
Both of these fish were preserved - see later
observation on specimens.
(The entrapment in algae of one and death of
another were discovered after activity on the shelf -
which may have led to or caused either.)
Handling of these two fish resulted in a sticky
deposit on our hands. Note the white substance noted
on the live beetle encircled by planaria observed
in C55 67-6.
✓ Fish in alcohol are either in the slide or were measured by hand