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PATTERNS AND DISPLAYS:
The Plaid Family

Displays in the plaid family can be very variable and in general have a camouflage purpose. These displays are accompanied by a variety of different arm postures. The literal version of plaid consists of a combination of stripes and bars, but other variations can also include only either stripes or bars.

Plaid variation I

Plaid is made up of brown

stripes and bars on a white background on the mantle. Darker dymantic dots may extend from the central bars. The fins are pale. This display may be accompanied by a posture called Full-V.

Plaid variation I
This pattern consists of:

Mantle:

White mantle
Brown dorsal bars
Brown stripes
Black dynamic dots

Fins:

Pale fins

Head:

Brown head

Arms:

Posture Full V
Full V brown

Plaid variation II

This is a display in the plaid family in which stripes are shown without bars. Here two dorsal strips are shown on a white background with brown head and arms or with brown head bar and brown arm tips. Fins are pale.

Plaid variation II
This pattern consists of:

Mantle:

White mantle
Brown dorsal stripes
Brown head
Brown arm tips

Fins:

Pale fins

Head:

Brown head

Arms:

Brown arm tips

Plaid variation III

This display can be seen as the inverse version of the plaid variation II display. Here a black central stripe can be observed. The fins are also colored in black and contrast strongly with the white dorsal background. The head shows a dark head bar and blue-green eyebrows, and the arms are splayed and dark towards the outer edge.

Plaid variation III
This pattern consists of:

Mantle:

White mantle
Black central stripe

Fins:

Black fins
Fin dots

Head:

Beak
Blue-green eyebrows

Arms:

Posture splayed
Black arm edges

Plaid variation IV

The display on the picture to the right consists of a pale background with blue-green eyebrows and a strong mid-dorsal line, on which large dymantic dots melt into each other and build bars across the dorsal mantle.

Plaid variation IV
This pattern consists of:

Mantle:

Pale background
Mid-dorsal line
Brown bars a3&c5
Brown dynamic dots

Head:

Beak
Blue-green eyebrows