GOLDFISH BREEDS 



of the benefit which they present than because of the curiosity which they 

 excite, open a vast field of research for naturaUsts, which have not yet 

 sufficiently attracted their attention." 



This meagre and unsatisfactory description is all the mention which 

 the memoir makes of the goldfishes, but the plates are so interesting and 

 curious that brief descriptions of the eighty-eight fishes of the mentioned 

 seven breeds shown are only omitted on account of lack of space. The 

 book is open to the inspection of the public in the library of the Academy, 

 Cor. 19th and Race Streets, Philadelphia. 



None of the plates show transparently scaled fishes or an absence of 

 the dorsal fin which leads to the inference that these characteristics were of 

 later development than the publication of this book. 



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