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Mar. 12, 79. VII. 
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homologous with the usual "Ord" or "Ord+" of sepioidea than is the Yellow Ord

Most of the inds. have transparent or semi-transparent (brownish gray) fins with their gray Ords. But one ind., a relatively large one, keeps its fins more or less white throughout. Usually more or less milky. But sometimes the fins flash suddenly whiter (or brighter). They may also, conceivably, be fluttered rapidly at the same time. Could this be related to the Pastel-Flutter of sepioidea? Could it be an alarm pattern, like the "flash" of the WS??

None of the inds. has a distinct border (BB or WB) to its fins at any time.

These inds. drift off, out of sight. I get out of water 1:45 pm. 

We go on further north, to a site called Nimitz Channel. Much the same environment as at previous site. We swim around until 3:00 pm. without seeing any more squid.
 
NOTES: I have been talking to John Eads, one of the technicians at the lab here. He seems to be quite familiar with the local squids. 
 
S. lessoniana seems to be the only inshore squid here. 

Presumably separated from Sepia latimanus by differences in depth preferences. 

Eads says that he has seen group of approximately 15 young squids, presumably lissoniana near surface in deep water (40 ft) over smooth bottom at a place called Blue Hole.

It seems very likely that the young of this species do not congregate in nurseries on grass flats here. (Eads has never seen them on the Cocos flat.)

Eads also saw a pair of adults engaged in courtship (and/or copulation) at the mouth of the Pago River near the lab. 

COMMENT: this species is very similar to sepioidea in many respects. But it probably differs in some aspects of ecology, and in details of both