138 Fresh Water Aquarium 



This fish is a study in different shades of 

 brown, the back being- of a warm olive 

 brown, decreasing in intensity until, on the 

 belly, it becomes a light orange. Above the 

 lateral line runs a stripe of a lighter color, 

 followed by a stripe of chocolate brown, 

 which is again followed by a narrow light 

 brown border separated from the orange of 

 the belly by a slightly wavy dark stripe. 

 The belly is finely mottled or spotted with 

 brown. All the fins show dark brown rays 

 on a nearly transparent glassdike ground. 

 The caudal fin has bands of the same color 

 alternating with others of an almost glassy 

 transparency. The color and markings of 

 the fish sometimes vary considerably. In 

 some specimens we have found the markings 

 to be of a fine light orange, the same color 

 appearing also in the longitudinal bands. In 

 spring the orange color of the male increases 

 in intensity. 



The mode of breathing of the Weather- 

 fish is peculiar, in that it does not altogether 



