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study. Wire-marked fish showed low mortality and 

 high tag retention compared with those marked by 

 the plastic and paint methods. Also, individual fish 

 are identifiable with wires which can be more useful 

 than batch marking with OTC and alizarin. Of par- 



ticular interest were the high tag-retention rates of 

 wires (85-100 %). In past studies of wire tags injected 

 in the cheek muscle of age-0 S. ocellatus, consider- 

 able tag loss was shown over the first 114 d: 67.3% 

 tag retention after 24 h, 47% from 2 to 23 d, and 45% 



