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NATIVE AQUARIUM FISHES 



Dace is an individual of attractive appearance. It is perfectly harmless, 

 will eat any prepared food and is of active habits. Native to the small 

 streams of the Mississippi Valley. It is a community breeder, requiring 

 larger space than the limits of most aquaria. The author placed six of 

 them in a 3 x 5 foot tank in May and several months later took out 30 

 well developed young, but the breeding was not observed. 



Owing to their extreme agility it is necessary to catch the wild stock 

 in a minnow seine. 



Fig. 137. The Red-Bellied Dace (Chrosomus erythrogaster) [Life size] 



There is little doubt that the majority who have kept this fish would 

 vote it the most satisfactory of all small freshwater hardy aquarium fishes. 

 It would be difficult to over-praise this little jewel, either as to appear- 

 ance, hardiness or disposition. Midwestern dealers sell them. 



THE ROSY-SIDED DACE 



Clinostomns vandoisulus 



One of the less known, but very attractive aquarium fishes is the 

 Rosy-Sided Dace. The general color is silvery to green. A nearly black 



Fig. 138. The Rosy-Sided Dace (Life Size) 



lateral line runs the length of the body, and below this on the males is 

 a long patch of red, starting from the edge of the gills, as indicated in 



