142 ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



INTERESTING NOTICES, 



PRINCIPALLY RELATING TO FOREIGN RIVER FISH. 

 ANABAS. 



A small fish in Tranquebar has a peculiar cele- 

 brity in climbing trees, ---it is noticed in the Lin- 

 nsean Transactions. It creeps on the ground by 

 the inflexion of its body. The anabas is brought 

 alive to the markets of Calcutta, from Yazor, a 

 distance of one hundred and fifty miles. 



Cuviers Animal Kingdom, by Griffiths. 



ANCHONETTA. 



A small delicate fish which swarms in the lake 

 of Chucuito, in Peru, it is a species of cockerel. 

 Thompson s Alcedo. 



A NEW FISH THE AZURINE. 



This fish is very similar to the red eye, but it 

 is distinguished by the silvery whiteness of the 

 abdomen, and by its white fins, it also differs in 

 the number of fin-rays ; its flavour resembles that 

 of the perch, the food and baits used for its 

 capture, are the same as those used for catching 

 carp ; its weight does not exceed one pound. 

 YarrelVs Lin. Trans. 



