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To identify individuals within a group of fish, several dyes were tested for the distinctiveness of marking, duration of marking, toxicity, and effects upon individual and social behavior. Several of the dyes, including common food coloring, proved to be effective.
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Vezie, T., Martin, R.C. A method for identifying individual subjects within a group of fish. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 4, 87–88 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334203
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334203