Fishes that Build Nests 



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Nest of Bowfin, Commonh' Known as the Doefish or Mndtish.. After Dean 



and obscured them from view." Event- 

 ually one of the males was left about the 

 nest, and his attentions were accepted by 

 the female, who, "during the battle, had 

 remained concealed at the side of the 

 nest." 



A FISH WHICH MARKS A I'l.OATING NEST 



The gymnarchus makes a large float- 

 ing oblong nest, about 2 feet long and 

 I foot wide on the outside, in the dense 



grasses of a swamp and in water 3 to 4 

 feet deep. In one, especially described 

 by Budgett, "three sides of the nest pro- 

 jected from the water; the fourth side 

 was several inches lower, being about two 

 inches below the surface. The deepest 

 part of the nest was opposite to that side 

 where the wall was low, the bottom being 

 about six inches below the surface of the 

 water." 



In one nest "were deposited about a 



Floating Nest of Gymnarchus, which Inhabits the White Nile, the Senegal, and 

 Niger Rivers and Lake Chad, in Africa. After Budgett 



