Zoological Society bulletin (1911) (14760987634)

Identifier: zoologica455019111912newy (find matches)

Title: Zoological Society bulletin

Year: 1901 (1900s)

Authors: New York Zoological Society

Subjects: Zoology

Publisher: (New York) : New York Zoological Society

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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thin, bony plate, unparalleled in its great de-velopment in any other genus of the family of Professor Charles B. Davenport, Director ofthe Carnegie Laboratory at Cold Spring Har-bor, Long Island. The Short Big-eye, as thisfish is also called, is a resident of deeper watersof the West Indies, but the young occasionallydrift northward in the Gulf Stream. A num-ber of specimens have been taken about WoodsHole. Massachusetts, and one is recorded fromas far north as Marblehead, Massachusetts.One specimen is known from New Jersey at At-lantic City, and as far as known the presentrecord is the first for the State of New York.The entire body of the fish is brilliantly red,and the fins, except the pectoral, are tipped withblack. The large eye is exceptionally beautifuland glows like molten gold. The little fellow,which is about two inches long, was placed in atank with the sea horses where he feeds vora-ciously on the small Crustacea which also con-stitute the diet of the sea horses. R. C. O.

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JEWFISH. (Otariidae) .... and, contrary to what usu-ally obtains in the other genera of this family,is considerably developed in very old females.According to the best information obtainablethis sea lion is now between six and seven yearsof age, as at the time of his arrival at the Aquar-ium in October, 1907, he was said to be pasttwo years old. From this we may judge thatthe sea lion attains full maturity at about thesame age as the fur seal which is known to reachsufficient size to fight for and maintain a haremat seven years. R. C. O. The Red fish.—A most interesting little fish,exhibited for the first time at the Aquarium, isa young specimen of Pseudopriacanthus altusreceived August 17, 1911, through the kindness KEY WEST FISHES AT THE AQUARIUM. WHILE it is a well known fact that locali-ties similarly situated as to latitude andenvironment are likely in general to havesimilar faunas, it is equally true that such locali-ties if separated by a considerable distance maypresent inte

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