New York, March 24, 1916. No. 28 



OTTO 



Published to advance the Science of cold-blooded vertebrates 



A RECORD OF THE BERMUDA CHUB 



(KYPHOSUS) FROM LONG ISLAND, 



NEW YORK. 



A Bermuda Chub (Kyphosus sectatrix) was 

 taken November 2, 1915, at Orient, Long Island, 

 in Long Island Sound. It was 10 inches long, 3 

 inches deep, 1 inch thick in widest part near the head. 

 The specimen has been identified by the Department 

 of Fishes of the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York, from a photograph taken of it at 

 the time of capture. 



I have been about pound-fishing for over twenty 

 years on the east end of Long Island, and this is the 

 first specimen of this species that I have seen. 



Roy Latham, 



Orient, N. Y. 



AQUARIUM CULTURE OF TRICHO- 

 GASTER LALIUS. 



Of all the Labyrinth-fish so far known in this 

 country not one has been such a general favorite as 

 Trichogaster lalius, commonly called Dwarf Gurami. 

 Seldom more than two inches in length, this little 

 beauty, which was first imported from India into Eu- 

 rope in 1903, has, through its interesting habits in 

 breeding and general graceful bearing, quickly found 

 many friends in the Aquarium world, At first ex- 



