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DECEMBER,

II

Number

1913

^.

On

the Family Pterycombidae By

W. SHUFELDT,

R.

C.

M.

Z. S., Etc.

^^

7

J

ous figures of skulls and skeletons of cerI published in connection with

tain fishes

—

Last spring I published an illustrated paper entitled "Professor Robert ColX^XXonPterycomhus brama, Fries, "^ which

all of which save the skeleton of Ptciycombus were drawn by myself from the specimens— this last-named species

was a translation of the original paper by that eminent naturalist which appeared in Norwegian many years previously.- As my former paper is quite

was, upon the whole, pretty thoroughly compared, morphologically, with species which were its supposed nearest afiines.

Ptcrycombus brama, the subject of this

accessible,

it

will

them

not

be necessary to reproduce it to any extent

beyond here, that is, drawing upon the data it

contained, in order to

accomplish the purpose of the present article.

My

translation of Col-

work was considaugmented by erably notes and comments of lett's

my

own, among other

things inviting especial

a former paper of mine on that unique fish Gramuiicolcattention to

Plate Ri.ght late ral

view

of

I.

Ptcrycombus brama^

pis brachiiisciilus, Poey.'*

Taking what appeared

in

these

and

other papers, together with the numer'Proc. Biol.

Mar. ^Collett,

Soc, Washington.

19, 1912.

R.

Om

Plates

Vol.

XXV,

pp. 39-50.

II, III.

Pterycombus brama.

Fries,

Bergen's

Museum's Aarbog, 1896, No. VI, with two Plates.

The two Plates referred to have been photographical ly copied by the present writer, and are reproduced in this contribution.

W.

"Further Studies of Gramwicolepis Poev." Jour. Morph. Vol. II. No. 2, Nov., 1888, pp. 271-296, Figs. 1-14.

In this article there is a translation by its author of Poey's account of the fish named, the original having appeared in Spanish (AnaL de la Soc. Esf'. de Hist. Nat., Tom. II., 1873, by Felipe Poey.

^Shufeldt, R.

brackiiisctiLits.

paper, is a deep-sea form, of which less than ten specimens have ever fallen into the hands of science.

These were all taken in Scandinavian waters, and are, with one exception, preserved in Norwegian museums.

The external appearance of this fish and the superficial characters of its skeleton are well shown in the two plates illustrating the present article.

Professor

THE

A Q U A R

B. Fries, as early as 1837, first described the species, having met with the dried specimen in the State Museum of Stock-

holm. placed

It

was then a new form, and he

it

with the Scowbridcc, claiming

lation,

M

I

states: "In its skeletal Pterycombus comes nearest

Byai7ia; but

it

departs from that species

a number of osteological details or

column.

of the spinal

Nineteen years subsequently, Professor Nilsson examined the same specimen

velopment of the

came to the conthat Pterycombus was most near-

clusion

Brama, and together with genus he arrayed both with the

ly related to this

Sqnamif>innes.

Ten years

later. Profes-

sor Lilljeborg proved that the latter re-

lationship

that types,

both so

was only a remote one, and species

were

he arrayed

scombridine

them with the

Lutken,

Gill,

Jordan and Gilbert

all

followed their predecessors and retained, in

their

several

works,

Pteyycombus

brama in the family Bramida:.

Here the taxonomy of the form practically stood until Professor Collett

pub-

paper on the subject, and which, as has been pointed out above, I published in English with added notes.

lished

his

In that paper, as well as in

my

trans-

The massive

ribs

de-

particularly

is

and the dorform together an almost solid, perpendicular wall of bone, which is entirely different from anything known striking, the neural spines sal interspinals

as pertaining to the other genera of the

Scombyoids.

In this respect

it

so far de-

what we find in its apparently nearest relative Brama, that it should probably be placed in a family by itparts from

self."

This, however,

Scombridce.

morphology

characters, especially in the

that Pteraclis was the nearest relative.

studied by Fries, and

^

Collett

characters

in

I

as far as Professor

is

went in this matter, and in a foot-note on page 46 of my translaI tion, further remarked that "The skeletal and other characters, given above by Professor Collett, found in Pterycombus brama are ample, in my Collett ever

opinion, to justify the establishment of

the family Pterycombidae." the present

moment, neither

other naturalist, as far as

I

But up to nor any

I,

am

aware,

have actually placed on record, or published, the

any

establishment of

such family.

I

am

still

convinced,

and

Professor

writes

me

that he

is still

that the

convinced, skeletal

Collett

structure

Pterycombus

brama

o

f

is

alone sufficient to entitle it

to family

rank,

and

this should be accorded

Platc II.

Left lateral view of the articulated skeleton of Pieyycom

bus brama, Fries. Both plates by Shufeldt after Collett.

no other reason than to widen the gap between it and it,

if

foi

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the Bramidoe, which latter family

Brama

the species of the genus

63

—or

of that

—

family differ, osteologically, so widely from Pterycombus.

have already pointed out

I

my

in

Biological Society paper the fact that

Pterycombus and Grammicolcpis are

re-

and that the latter was separated from the Bramidoe by Poey the and made a distinct family,

lated genera,

—

Gra m m icolepidce.

My

Fig.

Views

Ptcrvcornbus brama, natural size.

object in publishing the present

'

contribution to the subject

to estab-

The it

—

literature I

—or

the essential part

have already published

in

my

previous paper, obviating the necessity

So far as I am no family or subfamily

of reproducing

aware, there

synonymy

it

is

here.

to be recorded.

PTERYCOMBIDAE Diagnosis

Scombroidea with the fronto-occipital crest of the cranium low and short, and formed almost entirely by the frontals; its greatest height (opposite middle of orbit) equals one-fourth the orbital dia-

portion

between posterior and first in-

meter;

the

margin

of supraoccipital

terspinal, superior to the occipital bone, is

vShufeldt, after Collett.

the family Ptcrycombidtx.

lish

of

is

membranous

triangular

in

structure

contour.

and

of a

Dorso-horizontal

The vertebral exbe stated as follows is intimately articulated :

tremity, which

at the external aspect of the

DESCRIPTION {Pteryco m h u s bra ma )

Body broadly ovate, somewhat

an orbit.* Twenty-three pairs of

third to the caudal and with peduncle of latter somewhat slender and continued into the tail. terior

Color, superior to the lateral line, rich

and green below the lateral line, color. Base of the pectoral

steel-blue, exhibiting a purple

the

to

twenty-third

the fourth

inclusive

characteristic of the family,

being

a typical

pair being seen in the eighteenth.

Fig.

1.)

The

fin,

mesiad, blue-black.

superiorly, ribs,

description of this pair

(See

may

trans-

versely compressed, graduated from an-

shiny silver

front-

ex-

ing.

and formed by supraoccipital and

has a length ecjual to the diameter

is

cavated as far as its vertebral end. This concavity is continued as a groove for a little way down along the mesial border of the rib, and thereafter terminates in a long, extremely attenuated free end-

iridescence; all

als,

parapophy-

almost cubical in form, and

sis, is

surface of cranium, supporting the crest,

of

I.

of the eighteenth pair of ribs of

black,

with

whitish and transparent. yellow;

sclerotic,

Ventral mesial Iris

fins,

apex

very pale

superiorly,

bluish

black.

Lateral line possesses 48 scales (21 to

apex

of pectoral fin); scales in 11 rows,

spinous; rows 5-6, ventrally, and rows 'In

Brama one of

this area its orbits.

is

twice as long as

tVie

diameter of

3-4, dorsally,

almost smooth.

Dorsal, 9/44; Anal, 3/39; Vent-

Rays. ral,

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1/5; Pectoral, 2/ IS.

Head completes

anterior contour of

body.

Eyes within anterior half of the head, lateral with very slight ujnvard inclination.

Mouth obliquely backwards,

cleft

downwards and

jaw closing

lower

within

(iills,

anterior arch supporting eight

rows of teeth, (inim. in length, extending from a point about directly below the orbits, and continued forwards as rudimentary tubercles of the apex of the arch.

Inferior

phanuis^^eals

while

tubercles,

branchial

arches

the

23

are

in

of

of the posterior pairs exhibit

They

are abbrevi-

ated, being attached to the

downwardly

as the ribs overlap.

Tail.

tions arrive at the center of each cor-

responding vertebra. terior rib

Dorsal

is

somewhat broader

Anal

very long, becoming gradually shorter, to terminate in a very Pectoral short extreme posterior one.

Ventrales, rays long and fin narrow. anterior, small.

Skeleton exhibits subtypical charac-

Scombridean.

Ribs, as given above.

Post-temporal, bifurcated, either bifur-

and broad.

.Supraclavicle, long Postclavicle,

Second at their

composed of 50 vertewhich 24 are thoracic, and 2()

.Spinal colu)nn, of

Centrum

of first vertebra

rudimentary in character, but with well developed neural spine.

Ribs, articulate wath the third to the twenty - fourth vertebra, inclusive.

(Characters of the vertebr(e have been given in full by Professor Collett, and are reproduced in my translation, loc.

anteriorly,

flat

reduced.

long, filiform ventral free end.

are caudal.

and anal, deep and commencing and end-

ones graduated from end to end.

Cranium and

ribs

is

Anal, 41.

ing with very short rays, intermediate

ters of a

much

vertebra, and

tu-

Deeply and acutely bifurcated.

Fins.

The leading an-

articulated with the third

is

and third

brae,

broad, the dorsal

such a

free lower extremities, terminating in a

their

by rudimentary

Dorsal, 53.

in

that their truncated superior por-

articular ends, but taper rapidly to their

Pseudobranchia^ well developed.

Rays.

way

remaining

bercles.

cation

number,

which an unusual development. They are broad and hollow, and taken as a whole, form an osseous wall without open intervals Ribs

twenty

mi-

support toothless,

are

places being taken

rays,

membrane; oval notch below its center.

Pelvic girdle, small and slender.

produced vertebral apophyses

upper.

nute

@

cit.,

pp. 48, 49).

Secondary terior

occur on

ribs

vertebrae,

all

disappearing

with a long styliform pro-

on

the

second or third ultimate abdominal ones.

On first and second vertebrae, they articulate with the ha-mal arch; on 3-7

with the vertebral centra; and the

rest

with the anterior surface of the dorsal

margin of the

rib.

Branchial arches, missing in

and narrow.

the an-

all (?)

the

specimens; (need description from future material).

cess.

Hypocoracoid, narrow and directed anteriorly.

Mesial border formed partly in

To be

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AQUARIUM

THE

^

A New Method Growth

By WM.

Promote

to

the

of Goldfish L. PAULLIX

very often a

daphnia,

always

difficult

giving

enough at a

feeding to last during the day, and keep-

ing the temperature of the water about 75° Fahrenheit.

You will be surprised to find in a short time that the one gal-

will

every state in the Union,

in

of the features of the art ex-

Panama- Pacific Exposition

hibit of the

matter to get a young goldfish to grow. This can be very easily overcome by a method I have used for several years, a method which is also good for young tropical fish.

Often you will find among your hatching one or two young fish that will not grow, no matter how much you feed them. 1 take each of these fish and place it in a glass jar holding one gallon of water. I feed them every day on live It is

been made

and one

()5

be a collection of her paintings.

Hints on Paradise Fish HOWARD S. CREES, Phihidelphia.

By

Paradise

fish, if in

a healthy aquarium,

stand for a short period a very low temperature say 40 degrees Fahrenwill

—

Exposure to so low a temperature for more than a day, however, would probably prove fatal. I saw fish of this species kept all last winter in water ranging in temperature from 50 to 60 heit.

degrees, but this

is

In

not advisable.

this particular instance there

were very

and an abundance of plant life. persons have different experiences with the same kinds of fish, but from my own general observations I few

fish

Different

lon jar

is

too small for the

fish.

in-

I

crease the size of the jars once a month,

one gallon at a time, until I am using a At that time 1 have a five gallon jar. fish that will pass for a three year old.

should say that

it is

not the best policy

to attempt to keep Paradise fish, in the

winter, in a temperature lower than

the temperature gets above 75 degrees

Fisherman's Stag

the

The Chicago Fish Fancier's Club

will

attend a Fisherman's Stag at the Hamilton Club of Chicago, on Saturday Eve.,

January 17th.

J. W. Gage, Editor of "The Aquarium," will speak, taking the subject of

Fish from an Aquarist's Viewpoint.

Noted

Woman

Painter of Fish Life

Dies Mrs. Nellie Burrell Scott Exhibit for

Mrs. Nellie Burrell Scott,

Panama

Fair.

who won

ternational fame as a painter of fish

died in San Francisco,

November

from a complication of

diseases.

bitions of

(35

When

degrees or higher than 75 degrees. fish

are

liable

to

start

and unless one has special

breeding,

facilities for

the rearing of the young, they will

all

be

except those hatched in June, July and August. lost

When any

of these tropical fish

show

the earliest signs of being afflicted by

fungus they should at once be treated with mild salt water or some other remedy. Fungus diseases, when they once attack these fish, develop with surprising and distressing rapidity.

in-

life,

17th,

Exhi-

Mrs. Scott's canvases have

If

a

man

never deals with you

it

may

but if he deals with you once and does not continue it is your be his fault;

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The Detroit Aquarium

By RICHARD

J.

This aquarium

is

located

on

city line

troduced.

the

city

and

During the summer

months a line of ferry boats furnishes an additional means of access.

The building is two hundred and sixty feet long and seven-

The

fish

the

many

The

salt

exhibited are collected from

Most of the fresh water fish are brought from the Great Lakes, inland lakes and their tributaries. locahties.

water species are collected along the

Atlantic

coast, from Maine to Bermuda. Many of

ty-two feet wide;

the

the grotto con-

fish

tains

Bermuda are especial-

ly beautiful.

forty-four

wall tanks, three

have

and

hibit

large pools

the

-

of

been in aquaria

tanks containabout four hundred gallons

ing

are used for marine

specimens;

the

pools

are

used

for

large

fishes

o

bor seal the

f

for

water

and have not shown any signs eight years,

and har;

We

our ex-

tanks

two

wall

in

some specimens that have

three floor tanks.

Twenty

such trout

and other eggs as are not found in our locality. Through the operation of this hatchery, species of trout not found in the waters of our state have been in-

Belle

park situated in Detroit River, connected with the by a bridge. A regular auto-bus runs every day in the year from the to the aquarium, a distance of one a beautiful

one-quarter miles.

white-fish eggs, also for hatch-

ing, for exhibition purposes,

CONWAY.

Director of the Aquarium.

Isle,

and

trout

^

as yet

re(.".R(

)TT( )— AULARI

maining wall tanks are used for fresh water specimens.

The fresh water supply is received from the city water works. The salt water used here was brought from the Atlantic Ocean about nine years ago, and has been in constant use since that time.

The only addition to this supply is that which occurs when marine collections are made, when the water in which they are transported is filtered, and then put into a reservoir for use when needed.

A small fish hatchery is in operation to show the methods used in hatching

IM

of distress.

They

appear to be contented, feed regularly, and have increased in size and weight more than four hundred per cent. This species is the Golden Ide (Idus idus).

Other specimens that have been kept in the tanks for seven years, such as the Muskellunge, do not show much increase in either size or weight. Data were kept of the amount of live food consumed by one of these specimens weighing seventeen pounds, and it was found to be satisfied

food

with one and one-half pounds of per week during the summer

months, when

it

winter months

less

week

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was most active; in the than one pound per

ing instruction to the

has been said by aquarists about the food of the white-fish under these conditions. We have kept whitefish in aquaria tanks for over three years; this,

I

think,

is

the record.

We

have tried to induce them to take five minnows, yet I have never seen any of them take one, or even attempt to catch one. I have known this species to live

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T H

68

The

AQUARIUM

i:

First Exhibition

of the

Mil-

By REV. PAUL

ROTH

the writer was a boy he secured

permission to conduct an "aquarium"

an old bath-tub that had been refrom active service. Every form of aquatic Hfe known to the average boy was given a place in it, from frogs and turtles to bullheads and eels. The entire juvenile neighborhood gathered in that bathroom, and there we enjoyed lively times, for "one touch of nature makes the whole world kin." Also there were in

tired

lively times in the old tub,

among

life

was

received,

I

remembered

the old tub and the crowds that gathered

waukee Aquarium Society When

aquatic

^

the

ill-assorted denizens of its vasty depths,

and dealt and death among them with impartial hand.

But the charm had got Ever since then the life in its work. that is lived in the watery element has held for me a strange and compelling fascination.

When word of the formauntil sister pulled the stopper

liberty

tion of a local society for the study of

around it, and joined the new society.

There wasn't much science about that old bath-tub aquarium but there was a We didn't learn lot of bully good fun. much about hydro-biology, but we did learn something about human nature.

It strikes me that the same forces which worked together in those days have been I might be misat work again today. read as implying that the members of our society have fitted out and shown off a lot of old "tubs," and so I hasten I to say that this was not the case. understand that a cut is to accompany this article, so that anyone may see that we have got out of the witches' cauldron stage of the game.

The initial exhibition was arranged in six divisions.

First

came the Goldfish make plain

varieties, displayed so as to

development from the common golden carp up to the finest available the

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examples of what Oriental and American fanciers have been able to do with this so plastic form of life. Repeatedly the gorgeous beauties were likened to flowers that had the power to move about at will. To others they suggested the court ladies of the "ancient regime."

A

few, indeed,

stupid,

slimy

should be

saw

them nothing but

in

Especial

fish.

made

mention

of the blue calico veil-

the shadowy, mysterious blackamoors, the mottled shubunkins, the Chinese lionheads and the celestial teletails,

scopes,

time.

shown here in public for the first As the exhibition was planned

along educational lines rather than as a competition, only a few examples of each variety were shown; yet enough were there to reveal what a range of beauty, both of form and color, is to be found among the individuals of any

The next native

county.

with a names,

division

fishes,

was given over to from Milwaukee

chiefly

Without burdening lot let

of

me

long

Haplochilus delighted the lovers of fish

by

this article

Latin and

Greek

simply say that such

as the shiners, dace, darters,

fish

mud-min-

nows, sunfish, killies, and were shown, so that people might learn what species are suitable for the aquar-

silversides

ium and easily obtained in this vicinity.

The third division was given over to and sub-tropical fishes. Many species were shown, from the waters of every continent, their names all many tropical

times longer than the fishes they desigMost popular were the Danios,

nated.

of four kinds; the little bloodfins (Tetro-

genopterus rubropictus) the ;

little

"Gop-

Mexican sword-tails, the red Young and old Gambusia, Hemichromis, Polyacanthus, Macropodus, Heterandia, and Girardinus were shown.

Four species of

game

their resemblance to the pickerel

and muskellunge tribe.

But by far the most interesting thing in the third section was a tank containing a pair of Hemichromis bimaculatus with their brood of unnumbered young, This was doubly fasjust a week old. cinating because of the excellent

first-

from the pen our Editor, appearing in the October

hand account of

of this fish

Aquarium.

Section four comprised the household

Balanced tanks of all sizes, from preserve jars up to fifty gallon tanks, were shown. How some of these larger ones were transported without injury is a mystery to me, but it was done, and to the delight of every beaquaria.

holder.

Section

was given

five

forms of plant

particular variety.

69

life

And

to aquarists.

to

of interest

various

and value

in Section six a

num-

ber of odd and even grotesque forms of

aquatic

life

were shown.

Snails, "snail-

farms," Japanese lizards, a young terrapin and a mud-puppy whose external gills

for

furnished an inspiring talking point

both lecturers and spectators were

there displayed.

An the

information bureau, a register for of interested visitors, a desk

names

and blanks subscribe for

those who desired to The Aquarium, a collec-

for

implements, heating devices, and even part of the materia medica, used by those who doctor their pets, completed the exhibition. tion

of

fish-foods,

Just a word about the general arrangeThrough the kindness of Gimbel

ment.

pies," the

Brothers, a large table, over

variety of the Platypoccilia.

long, and covered with green burlap,

fifty

feet

had been placed at our disposal. Here the sixty or more tanks were arranged {Coiithiued

0)1

Page yo)

AQUARIUM THE AQUARIUM THE

70

^

ceived the smallest credit for the won-

work he has done

derful

dare say,

Issued In the Interests of the Study, Care and Breeding of Aquatic Life

who have

noticed

Young, the monthly

Published

July and

except

August

beautiful,

at Chicago, Illinois, by the Aquarium Societies New York, PhilaChicago, of Brooklyn, Minneapolis.

Milwaukee, delphia, Boston,

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J. \V.

refer to Mr. E. S.

I

it.

artist

who has made true

life-like,

the

nature,

to

leisure

time to make the new cover de-

sign.

GAGE

Chicago,

I

drawings of fish, which have from time to time appeared in this publication-who also worked for months during his

Send all manuscripts, exchanges, books for reyievv, etc., direct to the Editor-in-Chief; remittances to the Treasurer; all other matter to the Business Manager

Editor in Chief, 8 S. Dearborn St.,

— whose work,

not appreciated by those

is

111.

have had the pleasure of meeting kindly gentleman on several occasions.

He is as modest regarding his wonderful work as he is lovable in character.

Let us hope he will continue to lend us his ability in the matter of his drawings, for it would be hard to any one capable of picturing find I

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Vol.

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the 7

of

the

fishes

as true to nature as Mr,

has done.

Labor Without Reward There has been more or

characteristics

manner

I

in a

Young

have seen, only recently, a which were

set of lantern slides of fish,

less criticism

regarding the magazine which would not

made by an

artist of considerable repu-

fact that the entire labor of getting out

were poor in comwe have seen from time to time in the magazine.

Let us rise to a vote of thanks to Mr.

the magazine

K. S.

be so prevalent vertisers

took

if

subscribers

into

and ad-

consideration

the

is purely a labor of love. one connected with the publication paid a penny, yet the work involved

tation, but the slides

parison with those cuts

Young.

No is

—

Duty

well

in getting suitable articles, editing

advertised,

and no small task. It means work and time, both of which are cheer-

The

soliciting

advertisements

the accounts fully given

most

them, keeping

is

by

those

in

charge

—

done

it's

is

noble;

if

properly

fame.

First Exhibition of the Mil-

waukee Aquarium Society {Co)ift>iued frotn

still

Paoc 6q)

and satisfaction for honors bestowed upon us, even though the honors are mere titles

to good effect, an aerating system

of office.

installed,

There is one person, however, who has done much to bring the little magazine up to its present standard, who hasn't even the satisfaction of having a title bestowed upon him^who has never re-

and an abundance

of us feel a certain pride

according

to

the

sections

described.

Graceful palms and ferns were grouped

was

with feed pipes to each tank, of electric light

was

shed over all. Members of the society explained the various sections to crowds of visitors. The exhibition opened Dec. 4th,

and closed on evening

of the 10th.

A

AQUARIUM

THE

#

Difference of Opinion in Regard to Goldfish

not fool

Two

And

varying points of view on the goldfish question appear in the following, clipped

from the Minneapolis Daily

News; Typhoid has dropped

off

nearly 100 filtra-

was put into service.

This was the announcement today

at

So pure has the w^ater become that it.

They die from

goldfish cannot live in

lack of nutrition.

"Lots of people will tell you that city water is bad because their goldfish die in it," said Dr. J. Frank Corbett, city bacteriologist. That is where they fool

themselves.

"The filtered water is so pure after coming through all that sand that there is no organic matter for the fish to feed on, and which they must have to live.

"We have frequent complaints from people telling us that their goldfish have Health Commissioner Dutton ing the smile that won't come decline

in

is

off as

a

typhoid

the

is

or,

make

Let

the two state-

in the article referred to above,

both absolutely false. place, water cannot be so pure that fish cannot live in it. To a fishman the idea is simply disgusting, and, in the second place, there is not, and never has been enough organic matter in the city water to sustain the life All fish kept in confineof a goldfish. ment have to be fed artificial food to sustain life, though it is surprising how long fish will live without food.

What then is killing our pet fish?

The answer is easy. The hypochloride of lime and other chemicals used in the water eat out their gills, and in many for they are

cases

first

destroy their eyesight,

and the

the Goldfish Die

citizen of Minneapolis

I

would

say a few words in reply to an article in the Daily News of Feb. 20, like to

regarding the city filtered water. There's

an old saying that "you can

fool

It is

quite likely true that the

chem-

used in the water have destroyed the fever germs, but, as one gentleman puts it, "they are going to give us a

icals

slow death instead of a quick one." And will not be long before the doctors

it

will

be reaping a harvest from kindey

and similar unfortunates

diseases,

who

brought on those

are compelled to drink

the city water. Minneapolis will never have good water until it is piped from Lake Mille Lacs or Lake vSuperior.

F. L. Tappan,

Editor Daily News:

As a

life,

wilfully trying to deceive

is

us hope he did not

wear-

death rate.

There were but nine deaths in January, compared to 14 in January a year ago. So far this month there have been but five deaths, while in the same period a year ago, ten were reported.

Why

say that he

fish die.

died in city water."

the

the time."

the people regarding the city water.

In the

the health department.

of

F. Corbett, will

gist J.

all

due respect to Bacteriolo-

all

either woefully ignorant of fish

ments

tion plant

the people

all

with

worse yet,

per cent in Minneapolis since the

result

people some of the time, but you can-

some

President Alinncapolis

Aquarium So-

ciety.

The man who never makes mistakes, makes anything else.

never

:

T

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rected to

Useful Receipts

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{Continued from Paqc Oy)

ment; 2 ozs. resin, boiled oil and putty.

Those who are interested in fish-food will find the following a good one, and one which is not only greedily devoured by both native and foreign fish, but which also keeps them always in good condition.

mix and pulverize all the inmix just like dough; if after adding the eggs, the dough is too stiff, add water or, better, milk.

Then bake in a pan like bread; as soon as well done and cold, break into pieces, First

gredients, then

through an ordinary coffee mill. The food will then be in the shape of fine granulated sugar, and should be put in boxes and kept free from moisture. next,

after

grind

drying,

10 ozs. pea flour; 8 ozs. rice flour; 4

shredded

ozs.

dog-biscuit;

Epsom

4

codfish;

34

table

oz.

salt;

}4,

oz.

salts; V4 oz. plaster Paris; 4 ozs.

herring roe; 4 eggs and 4 ozs.

water (well beaten together); G ozs. oatmeal; 3 ozs. lean beef, chopped very fine.

Dissolve the salts in the water and eggs.

In New York City, grocers keep herring roe the year round.

cents per able

pound

food,

can.

especially

It sells for S

It is

a very valuthe

in

breeding

season.

The Aquarium For the

who have ocThe Aquarium we

benefit of those

casion to write to request that the

following divisions of

work be noted

Any articles

or

on

peared

matters pertaining to editorials, for publication,

subjects

that

society notices,

have already ap-

in this publication

should be di-

Gage, Editor-in-Chief,

South Dearborn

St.,

Chicago.

Requests for sample copies, inquiries regarding purchase of fish or supplies, advertising

and

rates

taining to extension

rected to Mr.

I.

J.

all

matters

per-

work should be diAckerman, T.usiness

Manager, GlOO Ingleside Ave., Chicago.

Remittances of all kinds, whether for subscriptions or advertisements, which latter

be

should be sent promptly, should

made

428

W.

to

Mr. Floyd Young, Treasurer,

GGth

Chicago.

St.,

Complaints concerning non-receipt of magazine, changes of address, and

all

matters connected with the distribution of this publication should be forwarded to

Mr. W. B. Hofifman, Circulation Mgr.,

2.")3

Sibley

St.,

Hammond,

Ind.

COMMENTS AND QUERIES

Pratt's

ozs.

W.

J.

#

Is it possible to

water?— I. H.

prepare

artificial sea

B.

According to a recent issue of the Bulletin of The New York Zoological Society, sea water can be easily prepared at a trifling cost by the following formula: Chloride of sodium (common table salt), 81 parts; chloride of potassium, 2 parts; chloride of magnesia, 10 parts; sulphate of magnesia (Epsom salts),, 7 A pound of this parts; total 100 parts. mixture is sufficient to make about three gallons of artificial sea water.

This should be filtered before use in the Fresh water must be added small quantities to replace loss by evaporation. The addition of sea water would eventually cause the salinity to become too great, inasmuch as the salts do not evaporate.

aquarium.

in

If you have a slight leakage in your tank, try painting over the cement (on the inside, of course) with asphaltum varnish.

C. G. B. SCHENK.

SOCIETY BULLETINS Brooklyn

Aquarium

President Vice-President

Society

Librarian

Local Editor Local Business Manager

$1.00 $2.00

Annual Dues,

Frederick Schneider, 64 Grove Geo. W. Post, 52 Herkimer

Street

Street

Harry Roessle, 116 Harman Street Theodore P. Fritz, 805 Halsey Street J. Schweickert

Corresponding and Recording Sec'y Treasurer

Regular meetings 2nd & 4th Tues. in every month except July & Aug. at Fairchild Bldg.

702 Fulton St., at 8 P. M. Initiation Fee,

Dr.

Dr.

Frederick Schneider, 64 Grove Street

Owen

H. Smith, 702 Fulton Street

Chicago Fish

Fanciers' Club Regular meetings on the Second Wednesday at 809-12 City Hall Square Building, 127-139 North Clark St., at 8:30 P. M. on 4th Wednesday where announced.

Local Editor Local Business Manager

$1.00 $4.00

Initiation Fee,

Annual Dues,

F. S. Young, 428 West 66th Street Dr. G. A. Preusker, 457 North Avenue W. B. Hoffman, Hammond, Ind. Carl Fossetta, 1341 George Street F. G. Orsingek F. G. Orsinger, 123 S. Oakley Boulevard

President

Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Acting Librarian

C. J.

Borgstrom,

Jr.,

1408 Kedzie Avenue

The Aquarium Society Regular Second

meetings

on

Thursday

at

President Vice-President

the the

School German Amtrican Sherman Ave., Jersey City, -

the Fourth Friday the American Museum of

and on at

Philadelphia Society

the Regular meetings on Fourth Wednesday, at 1414 Arch Street.

Initiation Fee, $1.00 Annual

Corresponding Dues, $1.80.

Membership, $1.00 Annually.

Milwaukee Aquarium Society meetings

on

at 105 Grand Ave. Initiation Fee, $1. Dues, $1.20

C. G. B.

Schenk, 105 Grand Avenue

August Grau, 3110 Grand Avenue Geo. J. C. Steffen, 950 First Street Rev. Paul Roth, 2602 Prairie Avenue August W. Pollworth, 1816 Wright Street W. A. Brye, 304 Fifteenth Street

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Philadelphia Gold Fish Fanciers Society

St.,

H. R. Lippincott, Collingswood, N. J, Charles Paxson, 2534 N. 1 1th Street Hiram Parker, 224 N. Wilton Street L. M. Dorsey, Jr., 2219 N. 19th Street Wm. T. Innes, Jr., 1824 N. Park Avenue L. M. Dorsey, Jr., 2219 N. 19th Street

Secretary Librarian Local Business Manager

Monday

42 South

Treadwell Nichols, Am. Museum of Nat. History Carl P. Ording. 1931 Broadway, New York

President Vice-President Treasurer

First

Meets Third Wednesday evening of each month, except July and August, at Saul's Hall, 802-804 Girard Avenue. Phila-

New York City Jersey City, N. J. Herman Osmer, West New Brighton, N. Y. H. A. Richtberg, 85 South 16th St., East Orange, N. J. Herman Hoffmeister, 165 Webster Av., Jersey City, N. J. Arthur Osborne,

President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Local Editor Local Business Manager

Aquarium

Place, East Orange, N. J.

O. H. Smith, 23 Jacob Street,

Treasurer Librarian Local Editor John Local Business Manager

History, 77th St. Natural and Central Park West, New York, each month except Correand August.

July sponding membership $1.00 Annually.

Dues, $2 Initiation Fee, $1.

Regular

Edw. W. Kiernan, 22 Nassau

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President Vice President Secretary Treasurer

George B. Smith, 2013 E. Cumberland Harry P. Peters, 1210 N. Warnock Fked Richardson, 652 E. Lippincott Joseph E. Bausman,

Philadelphia Philadelphia St., Philadelphia 542 E. Girard Ave., Philadelphia St., St.,

delphia, Pa.

$1.00

Membership Fee. Dues,

15 cents per

month

Minneapolis

Aquarium

Society

Boston

Aquarium

Society

Initiation Fee,$l An'l Dues,$l

F. L.

Tappan, 92 South 7th Street

President Treasurer Secretary

W. Franzen, Curator Museum Pub. Library Mrs. Anna Essene, 3421 Longfellow Ave. South

President Secretary Treasurer

Dedham, Mass.

Bloomfield St., Boston, Mass.

Franklin A. Packard, 5 Perry St., Cambridge, JIass.

J.

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