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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
BULLETIN. 
NORMAL MALE AND FEMALE OF UCA PUGNOX 
Photo by Mr. Chapman Grant. 
metry and accordingly dug the crab out and 
brought it to the Aquarium in search of infor- 
mation. lt, (Ci, ©), 
A MARINE GOLDFISH. 
Apegon sellicauda 
LITTLE tropical salt water fish having 
the true goldfish color was received at the 
Aquarium the last week in July, the gift 
of Dr. A. G. Mayer, Director of the Carnegie 
Laboratory for Marine Biology. 
The golden color pales to silvery below, as it 
does in the real goldfishes. There is a rounded 
black spot on either side below the second dorsal 
well a saddle-shaped blotch on the 
upper part of the caudal peduncle which sug- 
The 
cies is a rare one and was not described until 
1890. 
was an unusually large one, about three inches in 
length and was taken at the Tortugas Islands, 
Florida. Although it had lived in confinement 
at the Carnegie Laboratory for several weeks 
before shipment, the transportation in a small 
jar was evidently more than it could stand and 
it lived 
after 
ium. 
It be noted that 
this species is not related to 
the fresh 
but belongs to the family of 
(Cheilodip- 
related to 
en (CEO) 
fin, as as 
gested the specific name sellicauda. 
spe- 
The specimen received at the Aquarium 
few days 
the 
only a 
reaching 
Aquar 
should 
water goldfishes, 
cardinal fishes 
teridae) closely 
the perch family. 
NEWS ITEMS. 
Fakes: 
The pictures on the opposite 
Aquatic Nature 
page are not published with 
intent to deceive. The lob- 
ster does not naturally as- 
sume the guise in which he 
is here shown, and the spider 
crab does not weave a web. Photo by R. C. Osburn. 
AND ABNORMAL MALE OF UCA PUGILLATOR. 
Changes at the Aquarium: Director H. C. 
Bumpus, of the American Museum of Natural 
History, is on leave of absence from June 15 to 
December 15. During this time Director 
Charles H. Townsend, of the New York Aquar- 
ium is Acting Director of the Museum and Pro- 
fessor Raymond C. Osburn of Columbia Uni- 
versity has been made Assistant Director of the 
Aquarium for the same period. Mr. Chapman 
Grant, B. A., (Williams College, 1910) has 
been added to the Aquarium staff in the ca- 
pacity of Scientific Assistant. 
Night Opening at Begin- 
ning with September 22 the Aquarium has been 
the Aquarium: 
open to the public every day continuously from 
9 a. M. till 10 vp. mM. The very considerable at- 
tendance at night indicates that a certain por- 
tion of the public appreciates the opportunity to 
visit this institution in the evening. 
Aquarium Lights: In order to properly light 
the Aquarium for opening at night, additional 
electric lights have been installed on the floor 
columns and extra gas lights on the gallery. 
These furnish sufficient light to properly illum- 
THE MARINE GOLDFISH. 
