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fied second-year fish are displayed for 
study and judgment. These are classi- 
fied according to the standard score card, 
awards made, and the owners of the win- 
ning fish warmly congratulated. The fish 
shown are not offered for sale. 
I may here be permitted to briefly de- 
scribe how the Maruko is reared in its 
native land. The usual spawning season 
is during the last of June and the begin- 
thread-like earthworm—and mijinko or 
Daphne. The size of a meal to be fed 
should not be larger than the head of a 
given fish. At night the box is covered 
to avoid a possible change of the tem- 
perature of the water. When the young 
are about a hundred days old, the time of 
coloring, a strict examination is made, 
and all but possibly three or four are dis- 
carded for various reasons. 
Forms of the Maruko from a Sketch by the 
Malformed back; small caudal fin. 
3. Lion-headed. 4. Angular-headed. 5. 
strong caudal fin. 7. Trypod tail. 
ures 4, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are top views. 
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ning of July, so the process is carried on 
pleasantly in the open air. Fifty or more 
carefully selected fry, preferably from 
the first or second brood, are placed in a 
seasoned rearing box, about six feet 
square and one deep, containing seven 
or eight inches of water. This is placed 
im or above ground in a garden where 
there is much sunshine and a free circu- 
lation of air. The food consists of the 
yolk of a boiled egg, Itamimiyu—a 
8. Cherry flower tail. 
Hooded. 
Smooth-headed. 2. 
6. High shoulder ; 
10. Lobster tail. Fig- 
Author.—1. 
9. Quarter tail. 
The ideal Maruko seldom becomes a 
realization. It is not unusual, in a lot of 
ten thousand or more young, not to find 
a single acceptable specimen. Preference 
is given to examples with a smooth, ten- 
der caudal fin, which is pendant when 
moving forward, fine bow-shaped hood, 
quiet color and even stay of the body 
when not in movement. 
The opinion is generally held that the 
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