470 MARINE INVERTEBRATES 
visits the shores in large schools, presumably in pursuit of prey, and often 
itself becomes the victim. It is a beautiful creature from its varying 
colors, which are truly wonderful. It changes in a moment from vivid 
red to deep blue, purple, orange, and so on, the colors often passing 
over it in flashes as it swims along. 
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Ommastrephes illecebrosus, young 
male; ventral view. 
