Some representatives of the Black Sea neuston

Transparent organisms: b - larva of anchovy 27 mm length c - larva of Blennius sp. 25 mm Blue-green organisms: a - grey mullet larva 5 mm e - Pontella mediterranea 3 mm g - Anomalocera patersoni 3 mm

Mimicry among neustons:

h - larva of the garfish Belone belone euxini 13 mm

j - disruptive coleration of the larva of Solea nasuta 10 mm

i - thalome fragment of Cystoseira barbata

k - a leaf fragment of the sea-grass Zostera marina

l - fry of the garfish B.belone euxini

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