Fish Tricks
Fish have spots and stripes to confuse other fish and provide camouflage. See
how many fish you can find in the zoo’s aquariums with these markings. Write
their names on the lines.
Eye Bar
The dark stripe helps hide the eye, so a predator may not know
which end of the fish contains the head.
List the fish with eye bars seen in the tank
Stripes
Stripes break up the outline of the fish’s body, making it hard for a
predator to see the fish.
List the fish with stripes seen in the tank.
Eye Spot
Eye spots may trick predators into mistaking the fish’s tail for its
head.
List the fish with eye spots seen in the tank.
When you return to school, graph your data using the graph on
page 32.
