THE CORYPHENE. 



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CORYPHENE. Goryphaeaa hippurus. 



is quite aware that in the shining black and gray skin of the true dolphin no such changes 

 take place. There is, however, more truth than usual in this tale, for the dolphin in 

 question is really the Coryphene, whose colors are always most brilliant, and glow with 

 changeful beauty, during the death struggle. A similar phenomenon occurs in several 

 other fishes, of which the common red mullet is a familiar example. 



