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NATIVE FISHES 



habits. Native to the small streams of the Mississippi Valley. It is 

 a community breeder, requiring larger space than the limits of most 



Fic. 109. The Red-Bellied D.\ce (Life size) 



aquaria. The author placed six of them in a 3 x 5 foot tank in May 

 and several months later took out 30 well developed young, but the 

 breeding was not observed. 



Owing to their extreme agility it is necessary to catch the wild 

 stock in a minnow seine. 



THE ROSY-SIDED DACE 



Lcuciscus vandoisulus 

 One of the less known, but very attractive aquarium fishes is the 

 Rosy-Sided Dace. The general color is silvery to green. A nearly 

 black lateral line runs the length of the body, and below this on the 

 males is a long patch of red, starting from the edge of the gills, as 

 indicated in the illustration. This varies in intensitv from dav to 



Fig. 110. The Rosy-Sided D.ice (Life size) 



day, and is brightest from February until September. As these 

 fishes dart about the aquarium the flame-like appearance of the red 



