THE BOOK ABOUT THE SEA GARDENS 



with a medium black band from the pectoral fin 

 to the tail ; in a final phase the fish is mottled with 

 white." 



These observations were made from the fish 

 in captivity at the New York Aquarium. I have 

 observed the fish in his black-and-white-striped 

 phase in infinite variety, of which, as Dr. Town- 



send remarks, "no two photographs of this 

 banded phase are alike, the extent of the mark- 

 ings being dependent upon the degree of han- 

 dling." 



I have observed that the banded phase in the 

 sea very often is black and olive-greenish yellow 

 instead of white, and one specimen I saw opposite 



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