38 COPEIA 



Lucania seems well adapted for the narrow con- 

 fines of an aquarium on account of its small size. 

 When several are placed in a tank they at first swim 

 about in a more or less compact school, but when 

 they become accustomed to their surroundings, scat- 

 ter about the tank. They are moderately active and 

 swim and take their food indifferently at the surface, 

 at the bottom or in mid water. They have more poise 

 than Fundulus diaphanus or heteroclitus, are less in- 

 clined to sluggishness or excitability. They show 

 good spirit, frequently chasing one another, but are 

 not bad fighters. 



In February, 1916, Mr. J. Taubles of New York 

 succeeded in getting spawn from four Lucania parva, 

 recently obtained from the writer. On March 15, I 

 visited his establishment and was shown several 

 healthy-looking fry about X A in. in total length includ- 

 ing caudal. They resembled the adults but were pro- 

 portionately more slender with larger caudal fins. 

 These he estimated to be three weeks old. 



The fish had spawned and earlier fry hatched in 

 a 14 x 9 x 9 inch tank placed in a window with water 

 temperature fairly uniform at perhaps 64 degrees, 

 and depth of water about 6 in. The tank had a good 

 growth of water plants, much fine vegetation, plenti- 

 ful algae. Although precise records had not been 

 kept, I obtained the following opinion from those 

 who had kept and cared for the fish. Younger fry 

 than those referred to above hatched March 9 from 

 spawn deposited on February 24, a period of just 

 two weeks. 



J. T. Nichols, 

 New York, N. Y. 



FISH RECORDS FROM ORIENT, LONG 

 ISLAND. 



The following records refer to fishes taken near 

 Orient, Long Island, New York. All the specimens 

 referred to were collected by the writer and with the 



