Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation : a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. With 280 explanatory illustrations, printed with the text

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Title: Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation : a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. With 280 explanatory illustrations, printed with the text
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Wolf, Herman Theodore, 1855-
Subjects: Aquariums Goldfish
Publisher: Philadelphia : Innes & sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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FIG. 47—Common Sucker, Catostomus commersonnii may be kept with goldfishes. Any of the goldfish foods may be fed,boiled oatmeal, flaked rice, or fine corn meal mush being the usual food,varied occasionally with small particles of earthworms, mussels and smallsnails. THE KILLIFISH Two species of the Killifish are vivacious little aquarium inmates.These are the Common or Green Killifish, Fundulus heterochtus, and theBarred Killifish, Fundulus diaphanus, Fig. 48, which inhabits brackishwater. Both thrive in the aquarium. The Barred form is marked withsteel-blue and silvery-white bars, and has a peculiar metallic lustre. 11 isentirely harmless and vTery lively in its habits. Its food should be a mixedanimal and vegetable diet, sparingly fed. SOME FRESHWATER AQUARIUM FISHES
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FIG. 48—Barred Killirish, Fundulus diaphanus THE BRILLIANT CHUBSUCKER OR MULLET This fish is known as the Chubsucker, Erimyzon sucetta, Fig. 49, andmay be recognized by its clear green back, lemon-yellow sides, and white

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