Identifier: goldfishbreedsot00wolf (
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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 textYear:
1908 (
1900s)Authors:
Wolf, Herman Theodore, 1855-Subjects:
Aquariums GoldfishPublisher:
Philadelphia : Innes & sonsContributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image: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 FISHESText Appearing After Image: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 whiteNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.