Behavior of Gray Snapper -.clieii Fed Conspicuous Fislies 



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Table 13. Result of feeding 22 species of ieleostean fishes and one amphibian lo llie 

 Laboratory colony of gray snappers in July, 1905, and July, /po/.f 



2 living specimens fed to a goby in an aquarium were at once taken. 



t The authorities for the scientific names in the table are to be found in Jordan and Thompson 

 (1905). They are here omitted through lack of space. 



Table 13 shows that with few exceptions these conspicuous fish were at 

 once taken by the snappers. Some of them were taken in spite of possess- 

 ing both conspicuousness and unpleasant atributes. Thus Pomacanthus has 

 a formidable spine on the preopercle, while Angelichthys has this and smaller 

 spines besides. Chcetodon has strong, erectile spines at the front of dorsal 

 and anal. Chylomycterus inflates itself when disturbed and thus erects the 

 many strong spines scattered over the body. Hepatus is armed with the 



