Goldfish varieties and tropical aquarium fishes; a complete guide to aquaria and related subjects (1917) (14804283423)

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Title: Goldfish varieties and tropical aquarium fishes; a complete guide to aquaria and related subjects

Year: 1917 (1910s)

Authors: Innes, William T. (William Thornton), 1874-1969

Subjects: Aquariums Goldfish

Publisher: Philadelphia, Innes

Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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Bellied Dace is an individual of attractive appearance. It is per-fectly harmless, will eat any prepared food and is of active habits.Native to the small streams of the Middle West. They are believed tobe community breeders requiring large space. The author placed six ofthem in a 3 X 5 foot tank in May and several months later took out 30well developed young, but the breeding was not observed. Owing to their extreme agility it is necessary to catch the wild stockin a minnow seine, operated by two persons. TEOPICAL AQUARIUM FISHES 71 THE ROSY-SIDED DACE Lcuciscus vandoisidus One of the less known, but very attractive aquarium fishes is theRosy-Sided Dace. The general color is silvery to green. A nearly blacklateral line runs the length of the body, and below this on the males isa long patch of red, starting from the edge of the gills, as shown inillustration. This varies in intensity from day to day, and is brightestfrom February until September. As these fishes dart about the aquarium

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^^# ^\^ ^^^Fig. 52. Rosy-Sided Dace (Life sice) the flame-like appearance of the red patches is most striking. Even whennot in color there is an interesting bronze-green effect to the scales atthe lateral Hne. This is always visible by reflected light, and seems toshow mostly at night. H the light is turned on them at night they showvery little red color, but in a few minutes it is quite plain. The Rosy-Sided Dace is a large minnow and takes kindly to theaquarium and is perfectly harmless, but unless plenty of room is pro-vided it will slowly decline. Found in clear cool brooks, from the foot-hills of the Alleghenies to the Carolinas. THE BLACK-NOSED DACE Rhinicthys atronasus The Black-Xosed Dace is one of the best of our native fishes foraquarium purposes. Found in abundance in small swift-running streamsof the Delaware Valley, it is an extremely active swimmer and not easilycaught unless cornered in a small pocket. From constant swimmingagainst the current it has developed some spec

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