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CHAPTER LV. 



FISHES : AMPHIOXUS ECHENEIS SYNGNATHUS 



CONCLUSION. 



. . . . " And fish that with their fins and shining scales 



Glide under the green wave ; 



part single, part with mate, 



Graze the sea- weed their pasture, and through groves 



Of coral stray, or sporting, with quick glance, 



Show to the sun their waved coats dropp'd with gold." 



To complete our already lengthy list of animals 

 adapted to the aquarium, either on account of their 

 beautiful structure, or the interest attaching to their 

 history, we have yet to notice the Fishes, properly so 

 called, an important group, which at least, so far as 

 regards the enlivenment of the tank, some of our 

 readers may consider to be 



. . . . " the master- work, the end 

 Of all yet done." 



Varied, indeed, and never-failing subjects of admira- 

 tion are many of the species to be met with on the 

 coast, and were they equally harmless to their neigh- 

 bours, the reader would have only to select the 

 prettiest forms, suitable by their size or playfulness, 

 to be the inmates of his collection ; but, as has been 



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