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THE AQUARIUM, JULY, 1894. 



ous to make it desirable for the table. 

 It is rather a pretty fish and does splen- 

 didly in the aquarium, where it can be 

 seen sucking the low vegetation from 

 the glass sides and stones, etc., this 

 habit making it a good scavenger. 



THE RED-HORSE, OR MULLET. 



(Moxostoma diiqriesnei.) 



The body is long and compressed 

 upon the sides, very much carp-like in 

 appearance. The color on the back is 

 olive, the sides bright silvery, showing 

 reflections of red and green ; the lower 

 fins are red. The markets abound with 

 this species of fish, but it is only re- 

 garded as a cheap food. 



side, gives the forehead a very odd ap- 

 pearance. The dorsal fin is long, high 

 in front, and towards the caudal fin it 

 is low, reaching, when the first rays are 

 depressed, almost to the tail. The fish 

 is a native of Lake Erie and the Ohio 

 river ; in the former place it is caught 

 in large quantities, split, salted, and 

 sold as lake shad. 



THE BUFFALO FISH. 



{Buhalichtys cyanellns.) 



The body is an oblong oval, com- 

 pressed upon the sides. The scales with 

 which it is covered are of a bluish, sil- 

 very color. The head is of medium 

 size : the mouth small. The dorsal fin 



The Red Horse. 



THE GOLDEN MULLET. 



(J/, aureoliim.) 



This species is a native of the Great 

 Lakes, and is also called the Lake Red- 

 horse. The body is shaped like the 

 former, but grows to a larger size, gen- 

 erally weighing about 20 pounds. The 

 color is a yellowish brown ; the abdom- 

 inal fins are red. 



THE SPEAR-FISH. 



{Carpiodes velifer.) 



It is also known as the Sailback, 

 Quillback, and Carpsucker. The body 

 is like that of the carp and covered with 

 silvery scales. The head is small, the 

 mouth, situated on the extreme lower 



is long and consists of twenty-three or 

 twenty-four rays. The buffalo is the 

 largest representative of the carp -like 

 fishes in this country, perhaps in the 

 world. Specimens weighing some 75 

 or 80 pounds have been caught in the 

 Ohio river, and those from 30 to 40 

 pounds in weight are often taken now. 

 The German carp has been frequently 

 compared with the buffalo, but the only 

 resemblance is in the shape and coat of 

 scales. 



The flesh of the buffalo fish is not 

 equal to that of the genuine carp in 

 flavor, though the buffalo of from six to 

 eight pounds weight is by no means 

 to be despised as a table fish. 

 (?*o be Contimied.) 



