NATIVE FISHES 105 



A number of varieties of carp are kept as ornamental pond and 

 large aquarium fishes. The principal ones are the Mirror, the Leather 

 and the Golden Carp. There are in this country at the present time some 

 extremely handsome fancy carp of Japanese breeding, being marked 

 irregularly with red, white and blue. They have been propagated 

 here and it is to be hoped the breed will become generally known. 



Our photograph was made from one of these colored Carp but 

 for general structure it accurately represents the entire Carp family. 



THE REDFIN 



Notropis cornutus 

 In the breeding season the male Redfin is an individual of strik- 

 ing beauty, the entire pectoral and the ends of the other fins being a 

 blazing red. The color continues in gradually lessening degree until 

 cold weather sets in, when it disappears entirely. These fishes spawn 

 together in large numbers, the action taking place while they are 

 massed in the form of a great, seething ball, flashing dazzling colors. 

 It is as a pond or pool fish that they show best, although at a size of 

 4>4 inches they have sufficient color to look well in the aquarium, 

 where they may be kept with other fishes. In the 8- to 10-inch sizes 

 they are used as food fishes, where caught by anglers in most of the 

 Northern States east of the Rockies. 



THE PEARL ROACH 



Scardinus erythropthalmus 



Visitors at the Battery Park Aquarium in New York City have 

 for years been much pleased with the exhibition of Pearl Roach. 

 They are of European origin, where they are fairly common, and are 

 really of no relation to our own Roach or Shiner. There is a general 

 resemblance, except that the ends of the fins in the Pearl Roach are 

 blood red at all seasons. 



They were originally introduced here into the ponds of Central 

 Park (New York City), multiplying in large numbers, proving their 

 adaptability to pond culture. They should be a beautiful and 

 generally satisfactory pond fish. The larger sizes run to about eight 

 inches. As they do not develop the red fins much under four inches 

 they would be suitable to aquaria of larger sizes rather than the small. 

 They have gentle dispositions. 



The other public aquaria are now generally stocked with Pearl 

 Roach and it is hoped a method of further general distribution of this 

 beautiful fish will be found. 



