44 Aquatic Lite 
| Aquatic Life 
An international monthly magazine devoted 
to the study, care and breeding of native, 
exotic, gold and domesticated fishes, other 
animals and plants in the home aquarium 
and terrarium. 
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JOSEPH E. BAUSMAN........ Publisher 
542 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia. 
Entered as second-class matter, September 
29,1915, at the Post Office, Philadelphia, Pa., 
under Act of March 3, 1879. 
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Copyright 1917 by Joseph E. Bausman 
Vol. Il 
zling. A judge would have his own trou- 
bles in picking the winner in such a su- 
perb collection of aristocrats of the 
aquarium. 
The tropical fish section was not quite 
up to the standard, due largely to the 
dearth of importations, but was some- 
what redeemed by a choice display of 
young Pterophyllum scalare and a new 
arrival called the Scarlet Chanchito.* A 
common Chanchito, Cichlasoma (Heros) 
facetum, of extraordinary size—nearly a 
*This was labeled Cichlasoma erythrogaster, 
a tentative name under which it was distribut- 
ed by the importer who at the time thought 
it new to science. It was later identified as a 
variant of Thorichthys helleri (syn. Cichla- 
soma hellert.)—Editor. 
November 1917 No. 3 
foot long—did not seem to catch the eye 
of the general public, but tropical fish 
fanciers thought it a wonder. 
Mr. J. Louis Troemner exhibited a 
beautifully colored chart, showing the 
different stages of progress in the devel- 
opment of the fancy goldfish breeds. The 
public found this both interesting and in- 
structive, if one may judge from the 
attention it received. 
The exhibition was given under the 
auspices of The Goldfish Fanciers’ So- 
ciety, The Goldfish Exhibitors and The 
Aquarium Society of Philadelphia. Those 
contributing to its success by showing 
their fishes were: Messrs. Smith, Ayling, 
Klippen, Eck, Barrett, Phillips (Brook- 
lyn), Leffman, Graff, Peters, Weida, 
Demuth, Wilt, Bausman, Visel (Brook- 
lyn), Allen, Hannig, G. Kempter, Haw- 
kins, H. Kempter, Bell, Christy, Schae- 
fer, Heilman, Troemner, Hinkle, Walton, 
Williams and Paullin. 
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The regular October meeting of The 
Goldfish Fanciers’ Society of Phuiladel- 
phia was held in Saull’s Hall, 804 W. 
Girard avenue, on Wednesday evening, 
the 17th. 
The competition was for Telescopes 
more than one year old. Messrs. How- 
ard Galbraith, Charles Hinkle and Elmer 
C. Hazlett were appointed judges, mak- 
ing awards as follows: 
TRANSPARENT-SCALED “T'ELESCOPES.— 
Cup and blue ribbon, Joseph E. Baus- 
man; red, George E. Wilt; yellow, 
James H. McBride. 
OPAQUE-SCALED ‘TELESCOPES. — Cup, 
John Eck; blue ribbon, M. Marblestone ; 
red, Thomas Ayling; yellow, George E. 
Wilt. 
New MeEmpBeErsS: Dr. H. H. Cushing, 
Fred A. Smith and Frank McKeown. 
The next meeting will be held on No- 
vember 21st. Competition for Broadtail 
Japs, opaque-scaled and_ transparent- 
scaled( scaled and scaleless), over a year 
old. One cup and three ribbons to be 
awarded in each class. On “cup nights” 
an entrance fee of ten cents is charged 
for each fish—Frep RicHARDSON 
