aquatic JLite 



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The Unity Hatchery 



The average city breeder of goldfish or 

 the tropical species aptly terms his estab- 

 lishment a "hatchery," inasmuch as there 

 seems to be no diminutive of the name. 

 These little laboratories of aquatic biol- 

 ogy, measureable in square feet, form 

 quite a contrast to the vast commercial 

 hatcheries specializing in food and game 

 fishes. A view is shown of a pond of 

 the Unity Hatchery, New York. This 



people the ponds. From them came the 

 pickerel shown in the New York Aqua- 

 rium, Of smaller kinds, those we may 

 call "aquarium fishes," may be noted 

 Fundulus diaphanus (killifish), Rhinich- 

 thys atronasus (black-nosed dace), R. 

 cataractae (long-nosed dace), Notropia 

 cornutus (shiner), Abramis crysolcucas 

 (roach), and Exoglossum maxillingua. 

 These little fishes are used primarily as 

 food for game fishes placed in waters 



A Vista— Unity Hatchery 



enterprise covers a water area of nearly 

 two hundred acres, and has a production 

 quite in proportion to this great exp. .nse. 

 Last spring between sixty and seventy 

 million yellow perch and two hundred 

 and fifty to three hundred thousand 

 small-mouth black bass were hatched. 

 More than thirteen million fishes and 

 eggs have been shipped away during a 

 single month. 



Bass and perch are not by any means 

 the only fishes of Unity waters ; more 

 than twenty-two species are known to 



lacking such forage. At Unity sunfishes 

 and eels are persona non grata, it being 

 the opinion that they enter into hard 

 competition with the more valuable fishes 

 and destroy more than they are worth. 

 Mr. Ernest Clive Brown, manager of 

 the Unity Hatchery, is not only inter- 

 ested in food and game fishes, but in 

 "aquarium fishes," too. Incidentally he 

 is an enthusiastic admirer of Aquatic 

 Life, and declares that it should be 

 brought to the attention of all persons 

 interested in aquaria. 



