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DEC 12

1918

September, 1917

Black-banded Sunfish

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(Mesogonistius chaetodon)

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niie American Sunfish Family, witK an Annotated CKecklist of the Species JOHN

LEE

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BENNINGTON

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PKotograph by Dr. R.

Eupomotis gibbosus

Courtesy

Probably no species of

known

to

W.

SKufeldt

TKe Wature-Study Review

fishes are better

men, and boys, than the Others may be as familiar by

all

clean, will be

hard bottom, others mud species found in ponds and lakes, rivulets ;

The

and creeks and large and small rivers.

The group is distinctly American, and ranges from Southern Canada through the United States to Mexico, though but a single species occurs west of the Rocky

group, including Elassoiua and Microptcnts, ranges in size from little more than

ber of species has been extended through

weight of twenty-

the efforts of the various fish commis-

sunfishes.

name, the food and game

fishes,

but these

would scarcely be as readily placed taxowith some sunfishes

nomically, though specific

an inch five

determination

in length to a

pounds, though this latter

far above the average. is

difficult.

is

is

rare and

Equal diversity

presented in ecological relationships.

;

others like

some cloudy water, others

still

clear

;

sions.

The family

characteristic

of

is,

the

more abundant.

The sunfishes

some

ably brilliantly colored,

a

however, more Eastern

where species and numbers are

water

Certain species evince a preference for

running water

Mountains. The natural range of a num-

States,

relatively

as a whole are remark-

and

rival the ex-

Slquatic Jiitz

more

otic cichlids

familiar to the aquar-

sexes present Httle or no dif-

The

ian.

In disposition the species vary

ferences.

from the timid and inoffensive Blackbanded Smifish to the voracious black basses; live

all

food

taken exclusively by

small fishes, even their crayfishes,

own

all

fry, molluscs,

entomostracans, water bugs,

Eupomotis gibbosus, tbe

Photograph by Dr. R.

W.

during the day.

Every aquarist seems

fishes is concerned.

Common

Sunfish, in an

Courtesy

Shufeldt

requirement

In

the

There seems to

worthy of notice. The provident aquarist can meet the call by maintaining a supply of enchytrae, earthworms and

voracious perhaps a

mealworms during the winter months.

Chopped lean meat will often be found ac-

temperament

to feed

It will

flies.

be found quite amusing

The

fishes will

almost leap

to be but

;

all

the

one

speci-

more

alike in size, the little

his smaller congeners.

smaller.

A

big

will also

Individuality in

crop up, so a

little

watchfulness and the removal of off^enders

is

advisable.

The

larger the aquarium

the less trouble in this respect

ture suffices for the sunfishes at

tractive

times.

a collection

fellow becomes a bully, and will pester

others.

all

family

mens should be

them and soon learn to anticipate the morsels. Ordinary household temperafor

is

ensure a happy, or rather

non-quarrelsome

ceptable.

Mine

NJature-Studj) Revie\w

prepared foods, while others demand living material and require that it "wiggle" to be

indi-

Aquarium

The

of sunfishes.

etc.

have an

aquarium insofar as the assortment of

aquarium

larvae,

to

vidual conception of the most attractive

species can be accustomed to dry

aquatic

some

rise

In the wild

are carnivorous. is

and probably the warmth of summer will cause more discomfort than the cold of winter, particularly if the aquarium be small and therefore subject to a rapid

To

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and

the person of limited

all

means

the sunfishes solve the problem of an at-

aquarium

at the

minimum

cost.

^aquatic litt

seem to be nest buildMost of our knowledge of them has resulted from field observations, as All the species

ers.

apparently

but

two,

Black-banded

the

Sunfish and the Blue-gill, have been bred

The preferred bottom seems sand or gravel. The water-depth

necessary to give the synonomy, which

may

be found in nearly

works.

In

corded

size

among

ly

in aquaria.

found

to be of

average.

at the location selected varies with the

Calico Bass construct nests at

species.

making observation familiar Pumpkinwhere all may the shallows seed chooses

a depth of six feet,

while

difficult,

the

the water at times barely covering

see,

fish is more amPumpkin-seed in the

Probably no

the nest.

than

bitious

the

construction of

nursery.

its

worthy of a larger spot,

fish,

perhaps three feet

carefully cleared of

all

With energy

an oval or round diameter,

is

movable debris

to

in

a depth of three inches or until the right

bottom

sort of

depth

reached.

is

The

greatest

at the center or crater, sloping

is

upward

to a

bank of sand about the

The

cumference.

cir-

eggs, one-twenty-fifth

of an inch in diameter and so nearly re-

sembling translucent grains of sand as to

make

detection difficult, are deposited

in the crater

midst the coarse sand and

During the spawning operation

pebbles.

is

During incubation he assiduously guards the nest, and then the fry during the first few days. The female has been reported as assisting in rare cases.

male at

this time,

W'oe

less creature.

It

is

re-

a fear-

to a stranger ventur-

will not hesitate to attack

even the largest fishes

The

burdened with the

sponsibilities of a large family,

ing near.

the larger species,

fishes,

and, as the sun-

nest in communities, an intruder

will often be

driven off by the combined

efforts of the entire colony.

After being

it

number of the species food and game fishes, and

classed as

re-

will be

than

greater

A

therefore protected by law.

the

are

are

Permission

should be obtained from the local fish and game commission to collect small specimens for the aquarium in cases where capture would otherwise be illegal.

Many can be purchased from private commercial fish hatcheries. Wild fishes

more

general are

in

mated

in

the

successfully accli-

aquarium during the

fall

months.

CHECKLIST Elassoma Evergladei. Southern Pig-

my

Sunfish.

Brown, with darker spots two

dorsal and anal spotted with red

red spots at base of caudal.

Swamp ida.

;

1.3 inches.

streams. North Carolina to Flor-

(Elassoma, diminution, a

little

thing;

evergladei, of the everglades.)

Elassoma zonatum.

Pigmy

Sunfish.

Olive Green. 10 to 12 vertical bands on fins

barred.

faintly

ever alert to thwart trespass-

ers.

systematic

all

maximum

has been given, and, especial-

considerably

sides;

the male

cases the

all

Sluggish

Southern

waters.

1.5

inches.

Illinois

to

Alabama and Texas {sonatum, banded), ed.)

PoMOxis ANNULARIS. White Crappie. olive marked with green; fins

Silver

mottled with green.

12 inches.

Lakes,

ponds and small rivers. Eastern U. S., Great Lakes to Texas. (Pomoxis, sharp opercle

;

annularis, ringed.)

Pomoxis sparoides.

Strawberry Bass. purple diffusion

;

Green, Calico or

Silvery green, pink or sides mottled with dark

deserted by the parent, the youngsters

green

remain

inches.

Clear lakes and rivers. Eastern and Southern U. S. to Texas (sparoides, like Spar us, the sea bream).

in

companies, often for a consid-

erable time.

The following all

the species.

list is

It

believed to include

has not been thought

;

fins

spotted in irregular rows. 12

Centrarchus macropterus.

Round

Aquatic

Ambloplites rupestris.

Bright yellowish or pea green,

Sunfish.

with rows of dark brown

spots

;

6

Virginia

to

northward

Florida

and

in Mississippi

scale;

fins

dark

;

mottled.

14

inches.

Louisiana

Valley to

each

Ponds and streams. Spawns on Canada and southward gravelly bars. through the Mississippi Valley and east-

Lowland waters and streams.

inches.

on

sopt

Rock Bass.

dark mottlings

Pale green with

soft dor-

sal and anal faintly mottled or barred.

ILitt

Illin-

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Large Nest Entirely Exposed

V

••

ois.

.•••••

A

{Centrarchus,

desirable species.

ACANTHARCHUS Dark

lengthwise

POMOTIS.

greenish, with

bands

;

muddy

Sluggish

York

South Carolina.

nocturnal

—

likes to hide.

blackish

banded.

waters.

6

New

Voracious and (Acantharchus,

spiny anal; poiiwtis, opercle-ear.

ward.

Predaceous.

(Aiiibloplites, blunt

armature; rupestris, inhabiting rocks.)

Mild Swifive

cheeks

inches. to

of Science

«

spiny anal; macropterus, large-finned.)

fish.

TKe Ohio Journal

Ambloplites

rupestris

Cope's Rock Bass.

cavifrons.

Distinguished from

the preceding by larger

mouth and more

projecting snout; front concave; cheeks

naked.

Virginia.

{Cavifrons, concave

forehead.)

Archoplites

interruptus.

Sacra-

SLquatit litt

mento Perch.

Blackish above, sides

sil-

very, with about 7 blackish upright bars

San Joaquin

member

rivers, California.

The

only

of

Rocky

the

swamp

Coastal

4 inches.

bars.

streams

and ponds, occasionally in rivers. New Jersey to North Carolina. Shy, retiring and docile will not molest goldfish. ;

of the group native to the reg-

west

ion

Sacramento and

24 inches.

fins plain.

;

Mountains.

Forms

nest in dense plant-growth

been bred

{Archoplites, anal or vent armature; in-

food,

terruptus, interrupted.)

Cyclops, etc.).

preferably

serves

dainty

tivity, this

ing, it

crutaceans

moving

its

ob-

behavior in cap-

little fish

food.

has live

(Daphnia,

Hugh M. Smith

Dr.

"Judging by

:

;

Demands

aquarium.

in

eats only liv-

Even when hungry

refused chopped meat.

When

supplied

with white-fish fry and trout fry

it

ate

them promptly, but without great avidity.

One fish which struck at a trout fry failed to grasp

dropped

Elassoma everglade!

to the

did not notice

Chaenobryttus gulosus. IVaniiouth; Black Siinfish. Dark green above, clouded with red, blue or bronze

low

;

vertical

fins

;

yellow be-

mottled.

10

inches.

mud-bottoms preferGreat Lakes region eastward and red. southward to Louisiana and Texas.

(Chaenobryttus, yawning growl; gulosCreeks and

rivers,

us, large-throated.

it,

and, although the fry

bottom dead, the sunfish further.

Another stop-

it

ped following a trout fry to pursue a gammarid.

Insect larvae and small Crustacea were always eaten readily, and such animals are doubtless the usual natural food." Mesogonistius, middle-angled in reference to the

sail,

dorsal

fin

contour of the

chaetodon, bristle-teeth, inap-

;

propriate in direct application, and given

because this sunfish resembles in colora-

Enneacanthus

Blue-

gloriosus.

Males dark olive green, numerous blue spots on body having a tendency to form cross-stripes opercvilar fespot pearly blue with blue margin

spotted Sunfish.

tion

some

species of the salt-water genus

Chaetodon.)

;

;

males duller.

New

jersey

aquarium

fish

to quarrel.

Clear streams.

3 inches. to ;

A

Florida.

desirable

somewhat shy and not apt

{Enneachanthus, nine-spined

;

gloriosus, glorious.)

Enneacanthus fish.

obesus.

Olive green with

body,

cheeks

golden

and

spots.

5

fins

3.75

Little

with purple or

inches.

Pomoxis annularis

Sun-

to 8 dark bars;

Sluggish

Apomotis cyanellus. or Green Sunfish.

below

Shy

spot

;

and not particularly pugnacious. {Obes-

bars

;

waters.

us, fat

Massachusetts to Florida. or thick.)

;

Blue-spotted

Olivaceous, yellowish

each scale with an emerald green

sides fins

with 7 or 8 dusky upright 7 inches. Quiet creeks

dusky.

Mesogonistius chaetodon. Blackbanded Sunfish. Straw-colored, silvery

and small rivers. Great Lakes region south to Mexico. x\n attractive species Will dominate the aquarium if permit-

or purplish reflection, with vertical black

ted; select smaller specimens. {Apomotis,

jflquatic

without opercle-ear; cyanellus, blue or bluish.)

Life colors un-

Apomotis ischyrus.

Peculiar

known.

Illinois,

to

and but

Illinois

inches.

7

Lepomis auritus. fish;

Yellow-helly.

belly

orange

with

reddish

orange

three specimens have been collected. to

JiiU

;

study the description of this species in Forbes and Richardson's Fishes of Illi-

of sides pale blue

scales

centers

yellow

fins

;

or

opercular flap long and narrow.

;

5

aquarians should

Long-eared SunLight olive above

8 inches.

Streams.

Maine

Louisiana

to

An

abundant east of the Alleghenies.

;

at-

tractive species with a fair disposition.

{Lepomis, scaly opercle; auritus, eared.

Lepomis auritus soeis. Distinguished from the preceding by larger scales on cheeks and breast, and a dusky spot on rear dorsal,

of the sun.)

hapeognathus.

Lepomis Olivaceous

{solis,

;

blue bands.

yellow below 4.5

;

inches.

Mexico.

cheeks with

Little

known.

{haplognathus, simple jaw.)

Lepomis humilis. fish.

Mesogonistius chaetodon

Red-spotted sun-

Light olive with small dots of gold

or emerald, and spots of orange

and compare carefully with

nois,

familiar specimens collected.

If secured,

A. Forbes, State LaboraUrbana, Illinois, should be in-

Professor tory,

formed

S.

possible sending

at once, if

specimen preserved lin,

un-

all

in alcohol or

deep orange.

Small

3.5 inches.

;

belly

rivers,

and ponds. Middle U. S. and the Dakotas to Texas.

Probably the most

lakes

brilliant of the sunfishes. {humilis,

hum-

a ble.)

forma-

Lepomis macrochirus.

{ischyrus, stout or robust.)

Sunfish. Steelish-blue, with

Chain-sided

many orange

Deceptive Sunbody deeper and more

Apomotis phenax.

Olive green

fish.

;

A.

compressed than 6 inches. larger.

Little

known;

cyanellus;

scales

Beesley Point, N.

locality in doubt,

J.

{phenax,

deceptive.)

Apomotis punctatus.

Olivaceous,

fish.

with

Spotted Sun-

numerous

tiny

deep brown spots, smaller than pin-heads, 6 sometimes covering entire body. inches. lina to

Lowland streams. South CaroA handsome and disFlorida.

tinctive species,

{punctatus, spotted.)

Sunfish.

Green with darker bars

and

with numerous brown specks.

2.5 inches. linois to

;

body

Rivers, ponds and lakes.

Il-

Louisiana and Texas, {symmet-

ricus, symmetrical.)

forms a

series of vertical chain-like bars.

Ohio Valley south and south-

5 inches.

Apomotis symmetricus. Symmetrical fins

Apomotis cyanellus spots so arranged that the ground color

west to Kentucky and Missouri.

some and hardy

HandVery vora-

{macrochirus, large hand.)

cious,

Lepomis Sunfish.

below

in aquaria.

;

megaeotis.

Brilliant

blue

Large-eared above;

sides with orange spots

orange and blue

^aquatic litt streaks

cheeks orange with blue stripes.

;

Creeks and small

ed outline

moon.)

like a full

Michigan to Minnesota, South Carolina and Very attractive. south to Rio Grande.

ly

wide border, which

is

{megalotis, large-eared.)

pale

8

6 inches.

rivers.

Dark

Lepomis miniatus.

olive,

with

rows of bronze or purplish spots below below light or brassy cheeks

lateral

;

;

EupoMOTis HERDS. mottled

black

;

females.

in

Southern

Pale olive, slight-

opercular

flap

with

blood-red in males,

Streams.

inches.

and Indiana to Florida and the Rio Grande, [heros, hero, after a genus of Cichlidae which this species Illinois

resembles.)

EupoMOTis HOEBRooKi. Holhrook's Dark green above silver be-

Sunfish.

low

low

;

breast yellow

;

fin

;

10 inches.

rays.

Virginia to Florida,

dark with yel-

Lowland streams. {holbrooki, in hon-

or of Dr. Holbrook.)

EupoMOTis

Bears a resemRare; few specimens known. 7 inches. Georgia to Texas.

PAi^LiDus.

blance to L. palladus.

Lepomis auritus

MiCROPTERUS DOLOMiEu. Small-mouth

Lakes and ponds. Mississippi Valley Southern Illinois to Florida, Louisiana and Texas. dark bluish-green.

4 inches.

Black Bass. tre.

;

{miniatus, vermillion or scarlet.)

Lepomis palladus.

Blue-gill Sunfish.

sides with dark bars 12

Lakes

Great

Grande.

;

to

An

name

small-finned,

a

doloniieu, in

;

French

naturalist.)

MiCROPTERUS

belly coppery-red.

an inappropriate honor of Dolomieu,

SAi^MOiDEs.

Largc-

and rivers.

Florida and the Rio

Ponds,

inches.

Cool, swift waters. Can-

ada, Middle and Eastern U. S. {Micropterus,

Light to dark green with purple lustre

Dull green with brassy lus-

6 pounds.

lakes

attractive

fish

for

large

{palladus-pallidis, pale.)

tanks,

EupoMOTis EURYORUS. Rare and known.

Allied to E. gibbosus.

inches.

Lakes

little

6 to 8

Northern {Eupomotis, true eiiryorus, wide margin.)

and

creeks.

Great Lakes region. opercle-ear

;

EuPOMOTis GIBBOSUS. Commou Sunfish; Sunny; Pumpkin-seed. Olive above with bluish reflection

orange

;

;

sides spotted with

cheeks orange with blue streaks

lower fins orange, dorsal and caudal with orange spots opercular flap black, rear margin bright scarlet. 6 inches. Ponds and streams. Eastern U. S. An attractive fish and probably the most abundant ;

species.

small specimens; large ones are quarrelsome, {gibbosus, roundSelect

Lepomis palladus

mouth Black Bass. silvery

;

belly white

Back green ;

;

sides

black lateral band.

Lakes and sluggish warm 25 pounds. water; has been taken in brackish and water.

U. S. east of the Rockies. {salm aides, like a salmon or trout; inap-

salt

propriate, but given because this species is

called "trout"

by the fishermen

localities, especially in the

in

South.)

some

^aquatic Hitt

An Emergency CHARLES

When

glass directly over the light should be re-

Heater

M. BREDER, JR.

the aquarium heater

and

fails,

the tropical fishes are in danger, float a

tumbler

ehell-glass

sweet

oil

in

night-light in

the tank with a

num-

Place a

it.

moved, as the heat arising from the lamp would cause it to crack. A corner may be cut from the cover if the heater is intended to be semi-permanent. active fishes as they might upset

ber of lead shot, or other weight, in the is

bottom of the glass; just enough to prevent

from

it

oil until

Pour

in

sweet

the glass settles to a point

where

capsizing.

It is

not

safe to use this device with large or very

Danio

just the thing to save

it,

but

it

rerio, or

small species, when things go wrong with the regular heating apparatus. The fishes always congregate about

other

one of these heaters, being attracted by both the heat and the

light.

Milwaukee Society The held

Milwaukee

Aquarium Society Wednesdav in the Public Mus-

regular meeting on

its

evening, August

ist,

Mr. C. G. B. Schenk read an interesting paper on Goldfish, which was followed by a spirited discussion. eum.

The Society contemplates holding

a

competition in the near future for house-

A

hold aquaria.

lively interest is indi-

cated, so there should be a full represen-

membership

tation of the

The

recent

in the contest.

President

of

resignation

Roth has necessitated several changes of The Heater the water

brim.

is

in

Drawing by Author

Use

about one-half inch from the

After the correct quantity of

has been ascertained a rubber band

oil

may

be passed around the glass as a marker for

future

fillings.

I

average glass floated

enough

oil

to last

the following appointments re-

officers,

sulting: President,

Recording

way

holds

for twelve hours or

White; George Hemsing. Arthur Simon, Corresponding Secretary.

at

cents.

They

a

float

for

them, can be

almost any drug store for ten are designed to furnish a

dull light for the sick

Truth

is

stranger than fiction!

room.

Additional

may be made of a piece of tin and few bits of cork, patterned after the one supplied with the wicks, if more

Your postage

rates

will

be

was a publication for the picked up a copy

was

in the

though

distinguish your address.

to be used.

The

cover-

appreciated.

wasted as I intended to subscribe for it.

I have an aquarium, but never dreamed that there will not be

floats

is

"A

copy of your interesting publication with

a

than one heater

R.

Treasurer,

subscription

Fifty wicks for these night-lights, to-

bought

C. Steffen

J.

W.

found that the

in this

more. gether with

George

Secretary,

it

how one Stern.

full

of dirt,

aquarist.

I

and

al-

street, I

was

It

is

gets things sometimes.

able to

strange

Joseph

A

Major,

Batrachoseps

Remarkable Salamander DR.

W. SHUFELDT.

R.

C.

M.

Z. S.

-*

Three specimens of tKe Garden Salamander at

one time

marKad

constriction

being

Photographed from

Camp.

BatracKoseps major)

obsen^ed life

During the middle of April, 1917, I examined three specimens of the new salamander, Batrachoseps major, collect-

Camp

ed by Mr. Charles Lewis

(

near the middle, and the part has been

his tail

lost

in Cali-

at

the

point

of

b^ the author; natural

fuil^'

The

one

smallest

restored, a

fracture.

size.

mally possesses four toes.

All the live

had had probably been kepi in confinement some two or three weeks, or maybe more. This may accouunt for specimens

I

Uni-

my

finding their under-parts a pale pink-

versity of California Publications (Zool-

ish

gray rather than "light yellow," as

These specimens were all alive and in fine condition, and shortly after they came into my temporary possession I made two five by eight negatives of them,

given by Mr. Camp.

fornia,

and described by him

in the

ogy)**.

all

vertical view.

One

of these negatives

has two specimens upon

The

it,

and the other

more teresting, and a photograph made from it is here reproduced, in that some idea of this new form may be obtained.

It three.

possesses

latter

an

is

rather the

which is body, and fully as

annulated

twice the length'of thick anteriorly.

its

in-

tail,

For a salamander,

its

limbs are rather long, and each foot nor-

brown, showing lines

from

ditions

much

The upper

being of a

are darker,

parts

shade

of

transverse, zig-zag

fine,

side to side.

all

light

Under some

con-

of these salamanders turned

darker, and then paler again, the

interval

change

being

very

considerable

gradual.

broadly rounded and the

and

the

The jaws are eyes somewhat

prominent.

*Read before the Aquarium Society of Washington, at its regular meeting, April 12,

1917.

**yol.

1917.

12,

No.

12,

pp.

327-334,

April

2,

sicm&tu

10

Camp

Mr.

says, in his above-cited de-

where he calls this new species the "Garden Salamander," that "the description,

new

tection of a in

species of Batrachoseps

southern California

dered

at,

is

not to be won-

considering the obscurity of the

descriptions in the literature relating to

This new salamander

this genus. ly

common

in the

fair-

is

western part of the San

Gabriel Valley, especially in the district

Pasadena."

surrounding

immediately

This introduction

is

followed by a very

careful description of the type specimen,

together

with many measurements and

comparisons with other forms of Batrachoseps and

mtt

with a mixture of half milk and half not soak the earth enough to

Now

soggy.

worms over

it

in

Keep

soon

the

;

ensuring an ample and continuous supply of food for the stantly multiplying,

fishes.

Spawning Goldfish in Aquaria S. S. HORDES

of old sidewalks.

breed them

old

in

The costal folds in number but we ;,

are generally eighteen find specimens

many present many

having

but seventeen, or even as

as nine-

They do not As yet

variable

characters.

habits have not

its

been described, though

it

able they do not differ

quite prob-

is

much

pared with other species more or

as

com-

less like

In mid-summer they may work their way underground to a distance of several it.

and they are

entirely terrestrial.

Before

H.

in

an aquarium.

No

matter

As

tion.

my

could not place such a one

I

apartment,

I

in

secured an aquarium

measuring 22 by 12 inches, and stocked it

with quite a

lot

of Sagittaria,

some

Anacharis and a few floating plants. To my surprise, on July 7th, I discovered eggs attached to the plants and sides of

Observing the old fish eat sevquickly removed them.

I

Friday, July 13th, was lucky Friday. became the guardian of quite a family, numbering seventy-five babies or more I

ROHRBACH

a constant supply of live food

during the winter months, and

became interested in goldfish it was possible to

where I bought goldfish I was told that an aquarium at least five feet long, with running water, was needed for propaga-

the tank.

Propagating Enchytrae

CHARLES

I

could not believe that

eral eggs,

To keep

will

dry,

it

I

feet,

and they

the soil

box moist at all times never and occasionally add a little undiluted sour milk and mashed potatoes.

Do not cover tightly or it will become mouldy and failure result. With such a box a little care will keep the worms conlet

should look beneath gardens and yards, in postholes, or under loose bricks and cement

teen.

it

spread the "setting" of the

disappear below.

southern Cali-

one

fornia,

make

its allies.

In searching for

boards

Do

water; skimmed or sour milk will do.

in

fact

throughout the year, secure a "set" of

almost an institution. to

come

— on

Friday

—

They knew when when fish are

just

wanted

Enchytrae, or white worms, from a reliable dealer in aquarists' supplies.

Pre-

pare a large wooden box a foot and onehalf to

two

deep, and

fill

inches with

feet square to a rich,

mould, such as

and

six inches

depth of about four black

may

soil

I wouldn't miss one issue of Aquatic Life for the price of twelve. I wish it was a semi-monthly instead of a monthly.

H. A. Knight, California.

—

— woodland

be found about the

roots of trees in the woods. Moisten well

Some ences

;

people learn from their experi-

others never recover from them.

t.

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.^^

CLIMBING PERCH WALTER LAKTNOT

Climbing Perch

Back any

in

1900, before there

extensive

fishes, I

made

importations

had been of

exotic

the acquaintance of

Ana-

CHmbing Perch.

Our

bas scandens, the

BRIND,

F.

'

Z. S.

(Anabas scandens)

He

found

with the spiny margin of the hooked into the interstices of the bark, and watched while it curled its it

gill-covers

tail

around, thrust

its

pectoral fins for-

introduction took place in the store of

ward and pushed ahead.

Fred Kaempfer, Chicago's leading petstock dealer. The fish had been sent to Chicago by Otto Eggling, of New York City.

Eggling had a Lascar sailor on a British tramp steamer plying between Calcutta and New York, who brought

are remarkably mobile and

outward almost

at

The opercula be moved

may

right angles

body, and the mere closing,

to

the

contact

if in

with an object,

The Climbing Perch, and incidentally is not a pierch, was known and commented upon by travelers more than a

is sufficient to pull an forward half an inch. The movements described by Lieutenant Daldorf exactly correspond to those I have obesrved when placing this fish on the ground and out of water. In the instance described by the naval officer it seems to

hundred years before

me

"muchli" (fishes) with him.

it

I possessed a pair.

Lieutenant Daldorf, of the Danish navy, mentions, in his memoirs of 1797, that he captured it in the act of climbing a tree.

average

fish

quite possible that a fallen trunk of

a tree, partly submerged, in a

pond

in

process of drying up, as so often happens in

India,

had afforded the

fish

an easy

<aquatic Hitt

12 egress

when

decided to search for an-

it

Daldorf's observations were

other pool.

one time doubted, but have since been

at

abandoned,

just

sixty yards,

going

In

to a distance of fifty or

and

traveling onwards.

still

however,

distance,

this

they

by many writers.

In the Natural History of Ceyi^on,

by Sir J. Emerson Tennent, appears the

must have used muscular exertion enough to have taken them half a mile

following account of a migration of this

and wild animals of the neighborhood had latterly come to drink, so that the surface was everywhere indented with footmarks in addition to the cracks in the surrounding baked mud, into which the fish tumbled in their progress.

In these holes, which were deep and the sides perpendicular, they remained to die. and were carried off by kites and crows.

practically verified

species, which is intensely interesting. It was contributed to the work by a government agent in Trincomalee "I was lately on duty inspecting the bund of a large tank at Nade-cadua, which being out of repair, the remaining water was confined in a small hollow in :

otherwise dry bed. Whilst there, heavy rains came on, and as we stood on the high ground, we observed a pelican the

on the margin of the shallow pool gorgcur people went towards ing himself ;

him, and raised a cry of Fish

!

fish

We

!

and found numbers of fish struggling upward through the grass, in the rills formed by the trickling of the There was scarcely enough water rain. hurried down,

to

them,

cover

made

but

they

nevertheless

up the bank, on which our followers collected about two baskets of them at a distance of about They were forty yards from the tank. knoll, forcing their way up the and had rapid progress

they not been interrupted

first

by the

peli-

can and afterwards by ourselves, they

would

in a

few minutes have gained the

highest point, and descended on the other side in a pool

which formed another por-

tion of the tank.

"As them of

which

pools

thousands

in

the

little

beds, is

till

in the

rolling

at that

in

at last

you

find

moistest parts the

blue

mud,

time about the consist-

ence of thick gruel.

"As

the surface fish are left uncovered,

away

In one place in

in

ground, for

and

search of fresh pools.

I saw hundreds diverging every direction from the tank they had

at these places all the

"My

impression

that this migration

is,

must take place at night or before smirise, for it was only early in the morning that I have seen them progressing, and I found that those I brought away with me in the chatties

appeared quiet by day, but

managed to get out of some escaped al-

a large proportion

by night

the chatties

killed.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

(

A

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

were trodden on and

others

together,

chatty

is

a large earthen dish.

ÂŁrf.).

"One

peculiarity

is

the large size of the

vertebral column, quite disproportioned to the

bulk of the

noticed that

had

all

their gills

fish.

I

particularly

of migrating

in the act

expanded."

have never bred the Climbing Perch.

Those who have succeeded say that the I

eggs

float

surface of the

loose at the

water, and not in a nest of air-bubbles,

cies

of

is

constructed by the related spe-

Labyrinth

fishes

{Macropodus,

Polycanthns, Trichogaster,

Climbing Perch

is

etc.), for the

a Labyrinth

fish.

eggs hatch in two or three days. fry, like

The The

those of other fishes, feed upon

microscopic animal

the moisture further evaporates,

they crawl

level

cattle

such as

the tanks dry up, the fish congre-

gate in the

on

life,

and

later

on tiny

Daphne and

the other minute denizens of

the water.

This

fish

can stand pretty

cool water; artificial heat, except during

months and when breeding, {Concluded on page i6.)

the winter

is

Rivulus Flabellicaud a ERNEST LEITHOLF

For a long time we had

our collec-

in

removed

the eggs should be

Hatching

to a separate

tion a single specimen of Rivuhts flabel-

vessel.

She lived in a large community aquarium in which sundry Barbus, Danio and other docile species

two weeks, varying with the temperature, which should range from a minimum of 70 degrees to 90 degrees. At the present

licauda; a female.

mingled

The

happily.

soon

family

learned to associate the sound of a knife

impending threat

striking a board with an

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; chopped earthwormâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and

in a

moment

would change from a calm, deliberative body to a turbulent mob, dashing and

writing

we

will take place in

about

have offspring of that

still

first pair.

This

comes

Rivulus

America and

The back

is

from

Central

a decidedly colorful

of the male

light

is

fish.

brownish

plunging about in their eagerness for the coveted morsel.

The female

flabellicauda

She hovered the background, making an

was the only exception. unsociably in

occasional furtive venture into the food-

eager crowd, but quickly darting back to cover. It in this It is

was not

until a

male was placed

tank that she lost her shyness.

how quickly a fish will among scores of other species, Barely a few momits own kind. surprising

discover,

one of

Rivulus flabellicauda

ents elapsed after the introduction of the

male before both were swimming excitedly together near the surface. Reaching a floating plant, the male suddenly

upon the female, wavemotion followed by a curling of the

gray merging into pale blue on the ;

and yellow, produce

like

ularly

in a violent effort,

pelled

and

and the eggs were ex-

fertilized.

After an interval

when

Throat, pale orange to a rich

ing season.

red

gills

;

dots

;

a fine effect, partic-

intensified during the breed-

dark blue green, with reddish

green

;

green

;

plants, but they failed to hatch.

ochre to orange or red

This

I

think was due to the condition of the male,

which had

journey.

Later,

just

finished

however,

a

long

we hatched

and reared quite a number, for the species

is

very

prolific.

When

discovered

and

ventrals

anal,

pectorals, greenish

caudal, pale

;

brownish

;

lower edge of

gray;

light

top, greenish.

much

is

light

yellowish

orange, center light,

The female light

edged with

dorsal, yellowish,

was repeated.

That evening I secured a number of the eggs, which were attached to the of rest the operation

sides,

marked with reddish spots belly, citron yellow. The complimentary colors, blue

closed in sidewise

posterior ends of their bodies terminated

(Syn. R. tenuis)

plainer. gills,

dark

Body, blue

green; pectorals, yellowish; dorsal and ventrals, colorless

;

base of anal, grayish

white blending into a light grayish brown

aquatic Utte

14

and edged with a darker shade; caudal, mottled, with dark spot edged with yellowish white at upper base.

The following

includes the species

list

that have been studied by the aquarian and several that have not yet been introduced R. cylindraceus and R. marmorR. elegans and R. flahelliatus, Cuba cauda, Central America and Mexico; R. :

;

isthmensis, Costa Rica

R. uropthalmus,

;

Aquarium Nets There are about ^y varieties of utensils used by the aquarian. Some few of us have all, others some, but every man needs nets. Of all devices it is the most essential

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

fishes can't be

More than

makeshift. to

have several

it is

desirable

The slow-moving

styles.

many

goldfish

handled with a

this

be caught easily in mid-

water, and for

it

we have

the round, shal-

R. Uropthahuns pocyi, R. Ocellatus and R. strigatns, Brazil.

(Glossary: Rivulus, inhabiting

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

ABC

Net for

Bab;, Fish

riv-

ulets; cylindraceus. cylindrical; inaniioratus,

marbled

;

elegans, elegant

cauda, fan-shaped

tail

;

flabelU-

isthiiiensis,

;

isthmus; uropthaluius, tail-eye; poeyi,

honor of

Felipe

Piof.

Net fov Tropical

Fish

in

Poey y Aloy

spots

eye-like

ocellatus,

ABC

of the

ABC

strigatus,

;

Not for Goldfish

streaked.)

--

and

mounted

one

a shell

when

comes to had upon a card was sur-

Snails are slow, even

dying,

naturalist

it

prised to find four years later that the

warm shell

A BC Glass Scraper

who

water employed in soaking the the mount had revived the in-

ofi^

low style, as with it there will be little chance of marring the fins. The agile and alert tropical and native fishes require dift'erent

of the net

dried and dead.

will

Several specimens in another collec-

not

be

glass side,

shown no signs of life.

They were thrown into tepid water,

For the

after they

with the idea of cleaning the to the surprise of the

shells,

but

owner were found when he re-

creeping about the basin

turned to complete the tSisk.â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Tit-Bits.

necessary, but the capture

is

vmtil

efi^ected

brought over the

were revived in a similar manner had lain in a drawer for some These had not been glued fifteen years. to a card, but had been left lying loose, and, though frequently handled, had tion

movement

Deliberate

tactics.

mate, which he had long supposed to be

fish

the

net

is

and against the

and this is best accomplished by the straight edged net. Sometimes it is

well to use a net in the left

capturing

ABC lines,

it

in

little

hand

from among the

drive the fish

one held

in the right

fellows use a

to

plants,

hand.

little net.

The

nets are constructed along these

and are strong and carefully made. means are employed to re-

\'arious

move

the omnipresent vegetable

from the

glass.

The

efficient

growth

way

is

to

ABC.

use a scraper, such as the Its sharp edge removes the most persistent

An

autumnal sigh Hath no eyes for moon, nor glories that with attune, no love for autumn cool yea, !

the harvest it

;

to Willie is

'tis all

drawing nigh

a sigh, for near the to hustle

day

back to school.

growth and leaves the glass clean and bright.

strong

This device,

wood

like the nets,

has

a

handle, and with reasonable

care will serve the average aquarist for a long time.

V

Storing Mosquito Larvae WILLIAM

LionKead GoldfisK

T. IKfNES

RancKu)

(SKisKigasKira

Considering the great value of the

lar-

band.

am

fre-

escape of the mature mosquitoes

vae of mosquitoes as

fish food, I

quently surprised to meet breeders

never collect

know

it

by

Some do

it.

who

not seem to

but more are deterred

sight,

by the risk of having the larvae hatch the home.

This unpleasant feature can

number

be overcome in a

of ways.

have recently devised a method which so simple

in

and

effective that there

is

I is

now

no reason why larvae should not be freely used.

After removing any consider-

may

This

of course, to prevent the that

hatch before the larvae are used.

When ting

is,

desired for food, remove the net-

and

insert a cork stopper, invert the

withdraw the cork and pour out the needed quantity.

Replace the net-

bottle,

ting!

When

manner

stored in this

larvae are given sufficient fresh it is

air,

the

and

impossible for any of the mosquitoes

to escape.

When

the bottle

is

inverted,

the larvae, in alarm, seek the bottom of

may have

the water, which in this case happens to

been taken with them while collecting,

be in the neck of the bottle from whicli

able quantity of dirt, which

they are placed in a large bottle.

The

ordinary five-gallon drinking-water bottle is ideal

for the purpose.

inches of

water

is

About four

sufficient.

Place a

they will be poured.

Naturally one should not place

in the

aquarium more than

will be

once by the

for hatching takes

fishes,

consumed

at

small piece of mosquito netting over the

place quickly, especially after the pupal

neck, fastening

stage has been reached. In this phase the

it

securely with a rubber

<aquattc

16

%iU during each stage of development.

air

:aquatic ILitt An

international monthly magazine devoted to the study, care and breeding of native, exotic, gold and domesticated fishes, other animals and plants in the home aquarium and terrarium.

When

the supply has been used there

will usually be

found a number of mos-

quitoes which have hatched in the bot-

These can readily be drowned by the top with water, pouring it through the netting. tle.

filling to

POYSER JOSEPH E. BAUSMAN W.

Editor

A.

Publisher

542 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia.

Entered as second-class matter, September 2. 1915, at the Post Office. Philadelphia, Pa., under Act of March 3, 1879.

Practical articles and notes on topics pertaining to the aquarium and terrarium are always wanted for Aquatic Life. Readers of the magazine are invited to join in making it a medium of mutual help, and to contribute The to it any ideas that may occur to them. pages are always open for anyone who has anything helpful and practical to say. Manuscripts, books for review and general correspondence should be addressed to the editor.

Aquatic Life has

the

largest

circulation

10

Single

order, draft

Foreign remittances letter. registered If should be by international money order. local checks are sent, ten cents should be added for collection charges. or

Copyright 1917 by Joseph E. Bausman

Vol.

authenticated

that

fact

grow amazingly on mosquito and,

as

lar-

they are plentiful during

August and September when Daphnia are scarce, the breeder

is

foolish to ne-

Every larva eaten is one less mosquito in the community.

If we get sufficiently busy around the standing pools we will not only have big, strong fishes, but we will become extremely popglect

them.

ular citizens

The Climbing Perch (Concluded from page not necessary.

12.)

For propagation

shallow tank with a glass cover

a large, is

need-

Earthworms, mealworms, flies and similar forms are the preferred foods of ed.

the adult.

In color the species

brassy olive, with orange eyes.

up

is

light

Length

to seven inches.

Charles E. Jenne, breeder of Enchy-

September, 1917

Ill

vae,

well

a

is

of

any magazine in the world devoted to this It presents to adbranch of nature-study. market that can be reached vertisers a through no other medium. Rates made known on application. $l.on Yearly Subscription 1 3.5 Foreign Subscriptions

Copy Payments may be made by money

It

fishes

No.

1

White-worms, the ideal live food aquarium fishes, which is available throughout the year, announces his removal from West New York to 1577 Paterson Plank Road, Secaucus, N. J. trae, or

for

is no longer straight, but is balland the insect cannot descend below the surface for more than a few mom-

body like,

ents

at

a

time.

All

mosquitoes

pass

through a pupal stage before hatching.

Therefore if all the catch is still in the straight

or most active

form

(larval),

no immediate prospect of mosThe development can be retarded by keeping the bottle in a cool place and using clean water. Enough there

ture orders at his

new

address.

Adver-

tisement.

is

quito annoyance.

larvae

He wishes to thank his many customers and hopes that he may receive their fu-

may

be placed in such a bottle to

cover the surface nearly

must be enough room for

solid. all

to

There

come

to

the surface at one time, as thev breathe

Fame

is

a bubble, but

it

seldom comes

from blowing your own horn.

Inadvertently two illustrations in the August number were transposed. For Polycentrus schomburgki read Geophagits jurnpari and vice versa.

v

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Broad-tail Calico Telescope GoldfisK

Owned

by George E. Wilt

Address to Goldfishes HARTLEY COLERIDGE (1796-1849) Restless forms of living light

Quivering on your lucid wings, Cheating still tlie curious sight With a thousand shadowings; Various as the tints of even.

Gorgeous as tlie hues of heaven.

Reflected on your native streams In flitting, flashing, billowy gleams!

Harmless warriors, clad in mail Of silver breastplate, golden sca'.e; Mail of Nature's own bestowing, With peaceful radiance mildly glowing Fleet are ye as fleetest galley Or pirate rover sent from SaUee; Keener than the Tartar's arrow.

Sport ye in your sea so narrow.

Was

the sun himself your of vital Are

Were ye born

sire'? ?

Or of the shade of golden flowers.

Such as we fetch from Eastern bowers, To mock this murky clime of ours? t'pwards, downwards, now ye glance,

Weaving many a mazy dance; Seeming sti 1 to grow in size

When

ye would elude our eyes Pretty creatures! we might deem were happy as ye seem gay. as gamesome, and as blithe. light, as loving, and as lithe. g adly earnest in your play. when ye gleamed in far Cathay:

Ye As As As As

And

since on this hapless earth There's small sincerity in mirth.

And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcr.v of the heart: It may be that your ceaseless gambols.

Your wheelings, dartings, divings, rambles.

Your rest ess roving round and round The circuit of your crystal bound Is but the task of weary pain.

An endless labour, dull and vain And while your forms are gaily shining, Y'our litt e lives are inly pining!

Nay but still I fain would dream That ye are happy as ye seem.

PhotograpK by H.

W.

ScKmid

Fishes that hve in the great depths of the ocean are usually blind, but are peculiarly

adapted to their environment.

The pressure where they live is sufficient to powder glass.

To overcome this the skeleton

porous and the water appears through them as through a sponge. They are so fragile out of water that when taken from the nets they almost drop in pieces. This will seem remarkable because they are fierce carnivorous creatures. Some are phosphorescent, having one or even more colors. is

to circulate

Mr. C. A. Holtgreve, 7419 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, desires to obtain by purchase the first volume of Aquatic Life; the bound edition, an un-

bound

set,

or single copies.

yet.

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Please discontinue

my

advertisement.

have disposed of all the fishes I had for sale.

I have had very good results from I

the

advertisement

more orders than Gneiding.

I

;

in

fact

was able

to

I

received fill.

Otto

Slquattc %itt

18

societies or not, subject only to a possible

limitation of space should the

individual

number of

prove unexpectedly

exhibits

Information as to entries

large.

may

be

obtained from the secretary of the Exhi-

Committee, Fred Richardson, 3841

bition

North Marshall

Philadelphia.

Street,

R. L. Harding.

The

autumn

first

meeting

Philadelphia Goldfish Fanciers' will

of

The

Society

be held in Saull's Hall, 802

West

Girard avenue, on Wednesday evening,

September

Annual public auction

19th.

sale of fishes

donated by members.

Come

Fred Rich-

prepared to give and buy!

ardson, Secretary.

In the July issue appears an article on

The

mosquitoes.

author

erroneously

blames the male for the blood-sucking.

As if

The perplexity of Deacon Phishphan Has it ever happened to you? F. R. Webber, Chicago Aquarium Society.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Philadelphia Exhibition

etarian.

the biggest event in the calendar of the

aquarist and attracts thousands of visitors.

The coming show

will far surpass

The finest goldworld, the beautiful exotic or tropical fishes, aquatic plants, new and those of former years. fish in the

unusual types of aquaria, and various instructive features designed to help those not familiar with things aquatic will be shown.

Entries may be made by anyone, whether a member of the Philadelphia

It

The male mosquito,

protest.

I

all, is

a poor, harmless veg

the ferocious

is

the species that causes

all

Amazon

of

our trouble.

As the mosquito is a good argument of mine against Woman Suffrage, I trust you will make the necessary correction.

Dodoichthys.

The

Annual Free Exhibition of Aquaria and fishes under the auspices of the Goldfish Fanciers' Society and The Aquarium Society of Philadelphia will be held in Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park, October 6th, 7th and 8th. This is

a male,

he eats at

man by

Don't judge a

ham by The

its

chief

value of nature study in

character building it

is

that, like life itself,

deals with realities.

living

is

itself

One must

his coat or a

canvas cover.

a

in life

The experience

of

form of nature study.

make

his

own

observa-

frame his own inductions, and apply them in action as he goes along. The tions,

habit of finding out the best thing to do next,

and then doing

character.

A

it,

is

the basis of

strong character

is

built

up

by doing, not by imitation, nor by feeling, nor by suggestion.

Nature study, if it

be

genuine,

is

essentiallly

David Starr Jordan.

doing.

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Use Regenia Aquarium Salts To replace the natural salts in your aquarium as absorbed by the fishes and snails.

HERMAN RABENAU,

Excellent for plants. Help the snails form Benefits the fish. Box of Six Powshell.

P^r sale at Pet Stock stores.

& Terraria

Aquatic Life

ders, 25c.

must be seen

Remedy

Violet-Ray Fish

8

H

Plants and Tropical Fish a Specialty

p g n

Importations of

REGENIA CHEMICAL CO.

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Welcome

Visitors

«

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to be appreciated

Rot, Congestion in fancy fishes also white spots Bo.x of Six Powders, on Tropical fishes.

Safe and effective.

25c.

Fungus,

Uelieves Constipation,

II

Aquarist

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New York

Telescopes BLACK & CALICO

Broaa-tail

Correspondence Solicited

GEORGE WILT,

1519 N. 62nd PHILADELPHIA

NELLES

C.

Dealer and Breeder of Tropical Fishes 25 Different Kinds on Hand at Present

Kinds of Cat and Dog Foods and Medicines

HUDSON TERMINAL BUILDING

Fine

Brooklyn,

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PETS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AND KIND

Concourse,

Varieties received

Near Broadway.

THE TERMINAL PET SHOP All

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Philadelphia 8

)000(

New

regularly

BLUE BLACK AND VARI-HUED BROAD-

AND

TAILS Good

Quality

Young

VEIL-TAILS at

$3, $4,

$5

a

Dozen

Breeders from $5.00 per pair

GEORGE

Street

29 Claremont

A.

SCHENK Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

Place

FRANKLIN BARRETT EVERYTHING COMPLETE FOR THE AQUARIUM, POND AND LAKE Jt Wyoming Avenue, & C Street, Phila., SEND FOR PRICE LISTS

Young Pteropn37llum Scalare

Pa.

Other Rare Tropical

and

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WM.

425 Wolf Street. Philadelphia, Pa.

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N.

:

AQUARIA

PLANTS

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L.

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ical 2.

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Portion 50c (cash or order) with instruction how to breed them

all

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ad!)

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Rest

J.

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Kinds of Goldfishes and Aquatic Plants

Water Lilies 712 Twelfth Street. N. W., Washington, D. Taxidermy Send for Catalog

Fish in Greatest Variety

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i

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EDWARD

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won't break.

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Assortment,'

WATER PUMP

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$2.00 Host paid

Gold and Tropical Fish exhaustively.

Price, $2.60. with Supplement or $2.08 without.

Order NOW!

Send for Circular

First and Best Book, covering

—

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W.

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449 West 206th (Phone

A

Are your Snails dying from decay-

Hang

a block of lime

your aquarium.

15 cents each

ing shells?

St.

2

BRIND

Street,

New York

City

Nicholas 8418 before calling.)

Bevy

lOO Assorted

-

of Snails

5 to 7 Distinct Species

.\n army of strenuous workers who will keep your aquarium free from unconsumed fish food, vegetable matter, and the confervae that continuously developes on the sides.

The 100, $1.00.

Large Colored Pebbles depths of Lake in the Michigan, smoothed and rounded by her billows.

They add color and lustre to the aquarium floor and blend harmoniously with all the other contents.

Try a box. Large box, nearly a quart, Prepaid any address, 20c.

Created

THE PEARL PRODUCTS 236 Park Street

in

CO.

Benton Harbor, Michigan

for

25

cents, postpaid.

WALTER 179

M.

COPELAND

Riverside Ave., Medford, Mass.

Otto Walter 86 Su^pdam

Street

::

Brooklyn, NI. V.

Near Central Avenue L

Station

Breeder and Importer of

TROPICAL Telescopes

6-

GOLDFISHES

Calicos

Japs

Fan-tails

Dealer in All Varieties of Aquatic Plants All Kinds of FisK Foods Fresh and Dried DapKnia

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GOLDFISH

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This work

Win. T. Innes

Cleaner in

your

Fall Catalogues.

We

Bureau

S.

repeat

receiving

are

endorsed by the U.

time to

the

is

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orders wherever

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it

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of

winning Goldfishes. 19 chapters. alphabetical list of 300 aquarium tlieir breeding, foods, temperatures and care in detail. ing

frequent

and

placed

inquires from private

pri/.e

parties asking

Gives

who our

tishes,

representatives are.

Sent anywhere upon receipt of I'rice $X(M>

Samples by Parcel

Perfect Photograph of the Best Moor Goldfish Life-size, Natural,

Extremely Handsome

Post, SOcJSc, $1.00

Price 50c

We will enclose one of these prints with each copy of our new book, "Goldfish VaTropical Aquarium Fishes," rieties and where we send two or more books at retail to one address.

Dealers Write for Discounts

Mfg'd by

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of

Nortli Capitol

The Object for

=

Prices Reasonable

CARL LAZER

!

"THE AQUATIC WORLD"

Dealer and Breeder of Tropical Fishes

Red

Aquarium Plants Trial

Money

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Aquarium Fishes

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Goldfish and Other

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Cash With Order

Catalogue Sent Upon Request

Orders amounting $2 delivered postpaid.

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City. N. Y.

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Specialists

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FLORISTS

every

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variety. Snails and of all kinds at all

Aquarium Supplies times.

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110

South 52nd

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Street

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Philadelphia

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Blues,

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