Tank Nr. 9, 10. 



19 



Fig. 51. Cereactis aurantiaca, 



projecting out of the sand, 



*/2 nat. size. p. 57. 



Fig. 52. Colony of Astroides 

 calycularis. 

 1 2 nat. size. 



On the right is the rock to which 

 it is attached, p. 57. 



Fig. 53. Capros aper, 

 1/2 nat. size. p. 9S. 



Fig. 54. Centriscus scolopax, 

 1/2 nat. size. p. 98. 



Tank Nr. 10. 



It contains the large kinds of Fishes. Among these 

 are to be noticed: * Conger (Conger, fig. 61), conspicuous, 

 if present, four or five feet long and eel-shaped. Bass 

 (Labi-ax, fig. 55), salmon-shaped, with silver scales. Gilt- 

 head (Chrysophrys, fig. 38), oval and blunt- headed, with 

 white marks over the eyes (effect of light in this tank) 

 and black splotches on the side of the neck (see tank 5). 

 Serranus gigas (fig. 56), heavy, often motionless for a long 

 time, in mid- water, and frequently in a characteristic sloping 

 position; reddish brown, mottled white, no silver. Sea-crow 



2* 



