. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 246 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME were other blacksmiths who seemed to relish the eggs, particularly- mature ones. Other fish preying on the eggs were serioritas, Oxyjulis calif or nica, sheepheads, Pimelometopon pulchrum, and garibaldis. The returning male was very aggressive towards these fish regardless of their size. Immature eggs were apparently easily guarded by the male; how- ever, when the first hatching larvae swam out of the nest
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 246 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME were other blacksmiths who seemed to relish the eggs, particularly- mature ones. Other fish preying on the eggs were serioritas, Oxyjulis calif or nica, sheepheads, Pimelometopon pulchrum, and garibaldis. The returning male was very aggressive towards these fish regardless of their size. Immature eggs were apparently easily guarded by the male; how- ever, when the first hatching larvae swam out of the nest cave they attracted predators to the area. Blacksmiths and other fish then ganged-up on the nesting male. The larvae were eaten as they left the cave and the predators tried to swim down this "food stream," past the guarding male, to its source. Although Limbaugh (1955) excised cherry red eggs from mature females in June and July, he was unable to locate their nests. We found that the freshly spawned eggs were salmon pink in color, oblong in shape, and had up to seven filaments at one end. The egg filaments attached to each other in such a way they formed a larger central cord which adhered to the substrate. A nest was composed of numerous cords. eft. FIGURE 4. When the rocky roof of the nest site is overturned the strings of eggs (arrow) are easily visible. Blacksmiths "flock" to the unguarded nest to feed upon the eggs. (Photo by Charles H. Turner.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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