CONTENTS 



CHAPTER ]. 

 The Goldfish — History of the Goldfish — Dorades de la Chine, by de Sauvigny — Cuvier 

 and Valenciennes Descriptions^Fishes in General — Anatomy of the Common Goldfish. 



CHAPTER II. 

 "^he Freshwater Aquarium and Its Maintenance — History of the Aquarium— ^he Prop- 

 erly Conditioned or Balanced Aquarium — Aquarium Plants in General — Scavengers — Kinds of 

 ^ Aquaria — ^Arranging the Aquarium — Covers for Aquaria— >=^Stocking the Aquarium — Food — 

 i>Advice to Beginners — Cleaning the Aquarium — Diseased Fishes — Restlessness of the Fishes 

 — Effect of Gas, Fumes and Odors — Algae — Destruction of Plants by Fishes — Cruelty to Fishes. 



CHAPTER III. 

 Goldfish Breeds — The Common Goldfish — Defects of the Finer Breeds of the Goldfish — 

 Japanese and Chinese Goldfishes — De Sauvigny' s Great Work on the Goldfishes of China. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Some Freshwater Aquarium Fishes — The Indian Paradise Fish — The Stickleback — 

 The Sunfish — The Dace — The Chub— The Golden Orfe or Ide— The Tench— The Carp 

 — The Tessellated Darter — The Sucker— The Killifish— The Brilliant Chub-Sucker or Mullet 

 — The Minnows — The Shiner or Roach — The Catfish — -The Eel — The Spinyrrayed Fishes 

 — Collecting in Stjeams and Ponds. 



CHAPTER V. 



The Propagation of the Goldfish — Embryology of the Goldfish — Artificial Impregnation 

 of the Ova — Mating — Breeding — Prof. Ryder's Observations — Dr. Watase's Observations — 

 Aquarium and Tank Culture — Basin and Pool Culture — Greenhouse Culture — Pond and Lake 

 Culture — The Especially Equipped Breeding Establishment — Pond Aquaria — The Aquarium 

 Grotto — Wintering Goldfishes. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Food and Feeding — Feeding the Fry — Natural Food — Entomostraca — Malocostraca — 

 Amphipoda — Isbpoda — Decapoda — Rotifera — Collecting Natural Food — Preserving Natural 

 Food Propagating Natural Food — Feeding in the Aquarium — Composition of Foods. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Ailments and Diseases of the Goldfish and Other Freshwater Fishes, and their Remedies — 

 Detection of Illness — Treatment of Diseases — The Sanitarium and Hospital — Remedies — 

 Fungus on Spawn and Treatment — White Fungus and Treatment — Black Fungus and Treatment 



Twitters or Itch and Treatment — Autotoxine and Treatment— Constipation and Treatment 



—Fin Congestion and Treatment— Tail-rot and Treatment— Gill Congestion and Treatment — 

 Consumption and Treatment — Eye Inflammation and Treatment — Swimming-bladder Trouble 



and Treatment Dropsy and Treatment — Injuries and Treatment — Handling Diseased Fishes 



—Larger Enemies of the Goldfish — Parasites and Parasitic Diseases — Animal Parasites — Trema- 



toda or Flukes Cestoda or Tapeworms — Nematoda or Roundworms— Acanthocephala or 



Thorn-headed Worms— Hirudinidae or Leeches— Arachnia— Crustacea— Insecta— Bacteria— 



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