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t^o™.. t- n«.To».«v n ui- u noticed when a dozen or so are kept in 



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banded sunfish, will make an effort to 

 Vol. II February, 1917 No. 6 propagate it. 



At the last annual exhibition of The 



The Iron-COlored MinnOW Aquarium Society, New York, Mr. Otto 



Back in 1866 Professor Cope described Gneiding was awarded six first, five sec- 

 a minnow from the Schuylkill River, ond and four third-prize ribbons on gold- 

 calling it Hybopsis chalybaeus. Later we fish breeds, his entry including ribbon- 

 find it referred to as Luxilus chalybaeus, tails, broadtails and young lionheads. 



and nowadays the books tell us that the 



name is Notropis chalybaeus. So be it. The Aquarium Society, New York 



We will accept the position accorded it City, is arranging to appropriately cele- 



by the ichthyologists, inasmuch as in the brate its twenty-fifth anniversary during 



classification of animals the position of a the month of April. 



species is based upon its relationship as 



indicated by anatomical details; aquarists When j lived in Chicago I had quite a 



are more interested in the habits of a num ber of fishes and experimented with 



species. many kinds of foods. I found that live 



The iron-colored or steel-colored min- cray fi s h, cut into small pieces, was 



now is an attractive little fellow in both grea tly relished by all the fishes, some of 



coloration and actions. It inhabits the which would never touch bee f. I kept 



lowland streams and swamps from Penn- two R a i n bow Darters or Soldier-fish 



sylvania to Georgia, and will usually be (Etheostoma coeruleum) for almost a 



found in schools. The members of a year on this food, and this species is very 



school have the peculiar habit of heading difficult to keep in an aquarium for any 



in the same direction, and while a pass- considerable length of time. — G. P. von 



ing fish of an alien species, an enemy Harlem an. 



