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A Remora, Remilegia australis. Attached to an AtlanticSpinner Dolphin, Stenella longirostris
On 8 November 1979, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, off Venezuela (10°25'N,64°30'W), in about 180 m of water, a herd of approximately 250 dolphins was observed. They were identified as Atlantic spinner dolphins {Stenella cf. ... -
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Crustaceans in the Shrimp By-catch from off the Coasts of Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico
Samples of the shrimp by-catch were obtained from boats operating off the northwest Pacific coast of Mexico. The crustacean component of the by-catch was separated and examined. Twenty-four species of crustacean were found ... -
Five Insects Believed to be Newly Established or Recolonized on Santa Cruz Island, California (Dermaptera, Lepidoptera)
An earwig, 2 moths, and 2 butterflies not recorded in 1939^1 and 1966-69 surveys of S.C.I, insects, became established during 1969-78. Evidence suggests that 3 were introduced by man. Sudden appearance of the butterflies, ... -
Notes on Seasonal Collections of Sharks Near Point Conception, California
This note describes the results of eleven quarterly, week-long gill net collections of sharks between June 1974 and December 1976 at three stations near Point Conception, California. These collections were part of an ... -
On the Status of the Eastern Pacific Cymothoid Fish Parasite Braga occidentalis Boone, and Its Synonymy with B. patagonica Schioedte and Meinert (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae)
Amid the various collections examined by the naturalist Pearl Lee Boone in her lifetime, is a single specimen of cymothoid isopod she chose to name Braga occidentalis. The specimen was allegedly collected from an unspecified ... -
One Mass Stranding, Not Two, of Sperm Whales at La Paz, Baja California, 1954
I visited La Paz on 6 February 1954, and found three sperm whales in advanced stages of decomposition, on an inner, shallow beach, just east of the city of La Paz. I also received details of the mass stranding from two ... -
Possible Cleaning Behavior by a Juvenile California Sheephead, Semico ssyphus pulcher (Labridae)
Cleaning behavior has been observed in a number of marine fishes inhabiting the nearshore waters of California. This group includes six species of embiotocids, two species of labrids, two species of kyphosids, one pomacentrid, ... -
Stereotyped Motor Patterns in Two Captive Bull Sharks, Carcharhinus leucas
Various motor patterns and the associated social activities have been described for the bonnethead shark, Sphryna tiburo (Myrberg and Gruber 1974) and the gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Johnson and Nelson ... -
Use of Incisors to Identify Rodent Genera in Owl Pellets
Analysis of owl pellets has been used for predator food studies (e.g. Cunningham 1960), determining species distributions (e.g. Twente and Baker 1951), interpreting paleontological finds (e.g. Brain and Brain 1977), and ...