﻿KEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XCIX 
  

  

  Carp 
  should 
  never 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  an 
  ide 
  pond 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  that 
  such 
  ponds 
  

   should 
  be 
  clear 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  ides 
  should 
  show 
  to 
  a 
  good 
  advantage. 
  

  

  The 
  golden 
  ide 
  spawns 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  Washington 
  in 
  April 
  

   and 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  in 
  cool 
  ponds 
  (spring 
  water) 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  May. 
  In 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  they 
  spawn 
  by 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  March. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  hatching 
  in 
  ponds, 
  they 
  would 
  do 
  better 
  in 
  large 
  and 
  

   deep 
  ponds, 
  with 
  a 
  good 
  crowded 
  vegetation, 
  than 
  in 
  small 
  or 
  shallow 
  

   ponds. 
  The 
  water 
  in 
  such 
  smaller 
  ponds, 
  during 
  cool 
  nights, 
  often 
  at- 
  

   tains 
  a 
  low 
  temperature, 
  which 
  would 
  prevent 
  the 
  ova 
  from 
  hatching- 
  

   out 
  advantageously. 
  

  

  The 
  golden 
  ide 
  likes 
  a 
  cool, 
  clear 
  water. 
  Notwithstanding, 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  

   kept 
  in 
  ponds 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  reaches 
  a 
  higher 
  temperature 
  — 
  from 
  70° 
  

   to 
  80°. 
  In 
  clear, 
  cool 
  water, 
  such 
  as 
  spring 
  water, 
  it 
  will 
  obtain 
  a 
  more 
  

   brilliant 
  color 
  than 
  in 
  muddy 
  water. 
  

  

  The 
  ide 
  has 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  a 
  river 
  fish, 
  likes 
  deep 
  better 
  than 
  shallow 
  

   water. 
  It 
  seeks 
  under 
  plants 
  and 
  stones 
  such 
  food 
  as 
  larvae, 
  worms, 
  

   and 
  snails. 
  It 
  takes 
  almost 
  the 
  same 
  food 
  the 
  carp 
  takes, 
  including 
  

   bread, 
  cooked 
  cornmeal, 
  &c. 
  Green 
  vegetable 
  food 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  take. 
  

  

  m. 
  The 
  Tench 
  {Tinea 
  vulgaris). 
  

  

  The 
  Washington 
  Station. 
  — 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  tench 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  

   Washington 
  ponds 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  (1) 
  Small 
  pond, 
  830; 
  

   (2) 
  north 
  pond, 
  376 
  ; 
  total, 
  1,206. 
  

  

  v. 
  The 
  Catfish 
  (Amiurus 
  nebulosus). 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1885 
  several 
  shipments 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  Europe 
  

   of 
  live 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  fish. 
  In 
  June 
  50 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  German 
  

   Fishery 
  Association, 
  49 
  of 
  which 
  arrived 
  safely 
  and 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  

   pond 
  at 
  Berneucheu. 
  In 
  July 
  100 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  France, 
  81 
  of 
  which 
  

   reached 
  their 
  destination 
  in 
  excelleut 
  condition. 
  Thirty 
  were 
  forwarded 
  

   to 
  the 
  Netherlands, 
  all 
  being 
  received 
  in 
  the 
  best 
  condition. 
  Fifty 
  were 
  

   sent 
  in 
  June 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  Association 
  of 
  England, 
  48 
  

   of 
  which 
  survived 
  the 
  journey 
  and 
  were 
  at 
  once 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  tanks 
  of 
  

   the 
  association, 
  which 
  is 
  striving 
  to 
  acclimatize 
  this 
  food-fish 
  in 
  the 
  

   waters 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain. 
  Late 
  in 
  1884 
  there 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  Belgium 
  100 
  

   live 
  catfish, 
  93 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  reported 
  in 
  January 
  as 
  doing 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  

   botanical 
  garden 
  at 
  Ghent. 
  These 
  fish 
  were 
  all 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Dela- 
  

   ware 
  and 
  Schuylkill 
  Kivers, 
  and 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  

   G. 
  Blackford. 
  These 
  attempts 
  bid 
  fair 
  to 
  acclimate 
  the 
  catfish 
  in 
  

   Europe, 
  which 
  at 
  present 
  has 
  only 
  one 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  

   different 
  type 
  from 
  ours. 
  

  

  w. 
  The 
  Little 
  Round 
  Clam 
  (Tapes 
  staminea). 
  

  

  The 
  Wood's 
  Soil 
  Station. 
  — 
  The 
  sending 
  of 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  car 
  No. 
  2 
  

   to 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  with 
  a 
  car-load 
  of 
  shad 
  furnished 
  the 
  opportunity 
  for 
  

   bringing 
  back 
  live 
  specimens 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  mollusks 
  indigenous 
  

   to 
  that 
  region. 
  The 
  car 
  left 
  Washington 
  on 
  June 
  2, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Moore 
  was 
  

   instructed 
  to 
  secure 
  specimens 
  of 
  Glycimeris 
  generosa, 
  Saxidomus 
  nut- 
  

  

  