The Scyphophori, Haplomi, and Xenomi 207 



This animal, formed like a mud-minnow, reaches a length 

 of eight inches and swarms in the bogs and sphagnum swamps of 

 northwestern Alaska and westward through Siberia. It is found 

 in countless numbers according to its discoverer, Mr. L. M. 

 Turner, "wherever there is water enough to wet the skin of 

 a fish," and wherever it occurs it forms the chief food of the 

 natives. Its vitality is most extraordinary. Blackfishes will 

 remain frozen in baskets for weeks and when thawed out are 

 as lively as ever. Turner gives an account of a frozen individual 

 swallowed by a dog which escaped in safety after being thawed 

 out by the heat of the dog's stomach. 



