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PARENTAL CAEE AMONG FEESII-WATER FISHES. 



adaptation for a brood-pouch of the interspace between it and the 

 underside of the head." 



Typical specimens of the Loricaria s-pixii in the Vienna Mnseum 

 were reexamined by Friedr. Siebenrock in 1903, and he informed 

 Mr. Regan that Steinchichner''s '■'" statement was based only on the 

 structure of the lip, which seems adapted for such a purpose," but 



Fig. 49. — An alleged caietaker. Hvmiuncistrus hrachyurus. After Kner. 



that none of the specimens in the Vienna Museum show eggs in this 

 position. Siebenrock and Regan were apparently not aAvare of the 

 fact that Agassiz had made the statements already quoted in this 

 article. Even if eggs had been found as indicated, however, they 

 might have become accidentally lodged there. We may repeat, then, 

 that practically nothing exact is known respecting the breeding 

 habits of any species. 



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Figs. 50, 51. — Hcmianclstrun hyachyurus. After Kner. 



It may be objected to the above statement that a detailed and 

 graphic account of the nidification of a typical species of the family 



"Das hlntere Segel ist stets stark entwickelt, insbesondere aber bei iNIannclien 

 zur Brutzeit von auffallender Liiiige, und dient bei letzteren zum Schutze der 

 Eii*? die zwischen dem hintereu Mundsegel xuid der Unterseite des Kopfes zur 

 Entwiddung gelaugen.— Steindachner, Ds. K. Akad. Wiss., M.-N. Ch., 44, p. 5. 



