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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. 
WEA, TRON SIBIRs oooncooodocueedcane Editor 
JOSEPH E. BAUSMAN........ Publisher 
542 E. Girard Avenue, Philadelphia. 
Entered as second-class matter, September 
2, 1915, at the Post Office, Philadelphia, Pa., 
under Act of March 3, 1879. 
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Copyright 1918 by Joseph E. Bausman 
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Vol. Ill April 1918 No. 8 
emerging vegetation type, with reeds, 
bulrushes, cat-tails, floating spirodela 
polyrhiza, Lemna minor, etc., and an 
abundance of rotting vegetation on the 
bottom, are the homes of Lymnaea stag- 
nalis, Lymnaca reflexa, and some species 
of Planorbis and Physa. 
Observation on the part of the snail- 
seeker will be rewarded by much inter- 
esting information. A closer study of 
friend snail is well worth the effort. 
The regular meeting of the Philadel- 
phia Goldfish Fanciers’ Society was held 
at 802 Girard avenue, March 2oth: 
Transparent-scaled and scaled Tele- 
scopes, bred in 1917, competed for the 
Board of Directors Cup and the usual 
ribbons. judges, EE. Demuth, je Ae 
McDevitt and F. S. Leffman, made 
awards as follows: 
TRANSPARENT-SCALED TELESCOPES: 
Cup, blue and red ribbons to George E. 
Wilt; yellow ribbon, Charles Hinkle. 
SCALED TELESCOPES: Blue and yellow 
ribbons to George B. Smith; red ribbon, 
Charles J. Hannig. 
Elected to membership: Herman 
Kempter, Samuel MacFeeters, Robert B. 
Cathcart and Francis J. Rowe. 
The competition at the next meeting, 
April 17th, will be for Japs, scaled and 
transparent-scaled, under one year. The 
C. J. Hannig Cup and six ribbons will be 
awarded. Officers for the ensuing year 
will be elected. 
At the February meeting the Ribbon- 
tail Japs and Telescopes were judged by 
George E. Wilt, John Eck and Thomas 
Ayling. Result: 
SCALED TELESCOPES: Blue and yellow 
ribbons, Gustav Armbruster; red, 
Charles C. Hampel. 
‘TRANSPARENT-SCALED TELESCOPES: 
Blue, Dr. L. W. Rehbein; red, H. E. De- 
muth; yellow, William J. Christy. 
SCALED) JARS: Blue, Dry a ©) Wert 
man; red and yellow, John Krause. 
TRANSPARENT-SCALED JAPS: Blue and 
7a, IDres Ie We IXclalxenns syaliowy, C. Ce 
Hampel. 
At this meeting Mr. William Lynn, 
Jr., Philadelphia, was elected to member- 
ship.—FreD RicHarpson, Secretary. 
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Carnivorous fishes are usually charac- 
terized by a short intestine, while that of 
the omnivorous and vegetarian species 
is long. In the familiar Swordtail, 
Xiphophorus helleri, the intestinal tract 
is about twice the length of the body. 
