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IN Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 2, p. 114, 1918, Dr. Gilchrist described the egg of the Pilot-fish as having a long filament attached to the pole opposite the micropyle, and he states that it serves to attach the egg to the wall of the ovary. Further, the egg was stated to be oval, with a large perivitelline space, but without any oil globule. From the presence of the filaments on the eggs, Dr. Gilchrist presumed that the eggs were attached to floating objects and offered a plausible explanation of the well-known, but hitherto unexplained, habits of the Pilot-fish.
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BARNARD, K. The Eggs of the Pilot-Fish (Naucrates ductor). Nature 118, 228 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118228b0
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