Tank Nr. 9. 



19 



-J;ic~ 



Fig. 52. Colony of Astroides 

 cali/ciilaris, 



Fiii'. 51. Cereactis anrantiaca, 



'/•2 



iiat. size. 



projecting out of the sand, On the right is tlic rock to wliich 

 v. "at. size. p. 57. it is attached, p. 57. 



Fig. 53. 

 Capros aper (Cuckoo);, 

 ^j., nat. size. p. 98. 



Fig. 54. 

 Centriscus scolopax (Trumpeter), 

 ^/2 nat. size. p. 98. 



Tank PsTr. lO. 



It contains the large kinds of Fishes. Among- these are to 

 be noticed: *Cong"(;r {Conger, fig. 59), conspicuotis, if present, 

 four or five feet long and eel-shaped. Bass {Labrax, tig. 55), 

 salmon-shaped, with silver scales. Gilthead [Chrysophrijs, fig. 

 38) , oval and blunt-headed , with Avhite marks over the eyes 

 (effect of light in this tank) and black splotches on the side 

 of the neck (see tank 6). Serranus gigas (fig. 56), heavy, often 

 motionless for a long time , in mid-water , and frequently in 

 a characteristic sloping position; reddish brown, mottled white, 

 no silver. Sea-crow {Corvlna, tig. 57)_, dark, with dark lower 



