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THE AQUAKIUM, APKIL, 1894. 



The Kqukriutvt. 



A QUARTEKLY MAGAZINE. 



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THE MOUNTAIN MINNOW. 



(Phozint/s laevis.) 



Die Gehirgselritze. Le veron. 



The mountain minnow is' the Euro- 

 pean representative of the black-nosed 

 dace. Its habits are the same, but it is 

 not near so beautifully marked. Un- 

 like our dace, it is exceedingly rare. 



THE RED-BELLIED DACE. 



( Chrosom us pi/r rliogaster. ) 



This fish grows to the same size as 

 those preceding, and is found native m 

 the small streams of the Middle and 

 Southern States. 



The body is of a brownish olive, 

 with black spots on the back. A black 

 or brown band begins from above the 

 eye, runs straight to the tail ; another 

 below, running through the eye and 

 curved downward along the lateral line. 

 The belly and space between the bands 

 is bright silvery, which on the male in 

 the spring becomes a brilliant scarlet 

 red, as also do the bases of the dorsal, 

 anal and caudal fins. 



The female is not so distinctly 

 marked. In a well-managed aquarium 

 this fish will tolerate captivity very 

 well. It is certainly one of our most 

 beautiful native fishes. In the sunshine 

 their resplendent colors appear to the 

 greatest advantage, and should be seen 



before they can be thoroughly appreci- 

 ated. 



THE KENTUCKY RED-BELLY. 



(C, erythrog aster.) 



This fish is of the same size and very 

 similar to the preceding, but is still 

 more brilliantly marked. There is a 

 dark band along the side running 

 through the eye, and along the side to 

 the base of the anal fin ; above this is 

 another, beginning at the middle of 

 the body and extending to the caudal 

 fin. The back is ornamented with dis- 

 tinct cross-bars and spots ; the belly 

 may be either silvery white or crimson, 

 and the fins orange or yellow. 



This little beauty is native in the 

 creeks of Kentucky, Virginia and 

 North Carolina. It is indeed a great 

 pity that the coloring should only 

 occur at a certain season instead of re- 

 maining permanent, as it is in the gold- 

 fish. 



THE RED-SIDED MINNOW. 



{Gila EJongata.) 



This species is larger than those de- 

 scribed above, and is native in the Ohio 

 valley and the great lakes. The body 

 is rather elongated and but little com- 

 pressed upon the sides ; the mouth is 

 very large, the lower jaw nari'owed and 

 projects farther than that in any other 

 species of our dace, a little knob at the 

 tip overlapping the end of the upper 

 jaw. 



The color of the back is a dark bluish, 

 mottled by scales of a paler cast ; the 

 sides are ornamented with a broad black 

 band, the anterior half of which is 

 light crimson in the spring ; there is 

 also a dark stripe along the back. 

 ( To he continued.) 



