Aquatic Lite Sil 
laid simply awaiting the initiative of the 
male. ‘he intercourse between the sexes 
was in some cases I noted confined to a 
single pair, though mostly it seemed to 
be promiscuous. In fact, these animals 
seemed to have nearly unlimited powers 
of intercourse.” 
The form found along the Jersey coast 
an accent that makes it rhyme with soup. 
But down here in Chicago they call the 
fish the “guppy,” pronouncing it in such 
a way that makes it jibe with puppy. 
Orsinger and Keedy just returned the 
other day, from a trip to Philadelphia 
where the fish is called “goo-pay.” And 
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 
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Opaque-scaled Japanese Broadtail Goldfish 
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is Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus. 
Fundulus, of the bottom; heteroclitius, 
different angle or slope; macrolepidotus, 
large-scaled.—Editor. 
Help Wanted! 
Lebistes reticulatus or Girardinus 
guppyi or Acanthocephalus reticulatus! 
I got him in Milwaukee, where they ca!l 
the fish the “goop’—they give the word 
Nashville, Tennessee, I’m told that all 
the fish-fas call the fish the 
(DIE-OCS” 
“e00- 
They can talk of simple spelling, and 
rules of punctuation, and can want a 
standard dialect for all this mighty na- 
Om, lxete Il, a 
hereby file my wish, for a little pocket 
humble citizen, do 
manual to pronounce the names of 
fish.—Webber of Chicaao. 
