INDEX TO PLATES: 
CoLorepD FRONTISPIECE.—Fan-tailed Nymphs. 
Prats I.—Fringe-tailed Globe Dragons. Copied from an elaborate Chinese 
fruit-platter, 26 inches in diameter, made in province Quang se for 
Emperor Keen Lung, about 1737. Now in the possession of George 
E. Saulnier, Esq., of this city. The colors of the fish are deep 
vermilion on back fading to lighter on sides, and pearly white on 
the abdomen, eyes light peacock blue in light vermilion setting. 
Prate II.—Fringe-tailed Globe Telescopes. Copied from a plate about 
one hundred years old of the famous W. A. Sale’s collection of old 
Chinese plates. The one nearest the upper left corner is milky 
white, the scales being edged with gold; the one next to it solid 
deep vermilion, scales edged with gold and on each a golden spot. 
The eyes of both are light blue. The middle one is jet black, 
the eyes included; it has no dorsal fin. The lower one is deep 
vermilion, its scales are edged and spotted with gold, eyes blue. 
Prats III.—Two Fringe-tailed and One Hooded Globes. Copied from a 
piece of Cloisonné (Shippo) made recently in Japan. Colors of all, 
vermilion on back (in blotches); sides and abdomen delightfully 
pearly and pink; eyes green. These and the preceding are repro- 
duced here for comparison sake. 
Pirate IV.—Portrait of one of the original fringe-tailed Globes brought 
to this country by Admiral Ammen in 1878, made at that time. This 
fish was for a short time on exhibition at the old New York Aquarium 
as the $5,000 fish; $3.coo were actually offered for it and refused, 
It is the ancestor of those Mandarin Globes shown on Plate VIIL., 
and of all the Comets. An aerial leaf and flower-spike of Sag. 
“Frances M,” half natural size. 
Pirate V.—Comet and Large-tailed Nymph. Section of an aquarium 
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