Lateral
silver is an antagonistic display of
adult males, found while one male is
consort guarding a female. It is a
display in which the two sides of
the body are patterned differently.
One side of the squid (towards a
rival) is pale with the outer half
of the fin colored in brown; the
other side (towards the consort) is
basic brown and the outer half of
this fin is pale. Lateral silver can
also have bilateral blue-green
eyebrows, a gold headbar, a strong
reflective mid-dorsal line and fin-
and mantle-dots.
