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well in cither a marine or fresh water-collection ; indeed, l 

 have had them in water in which all the other animals 

 have died, and by their decay had rendered foul. The sil- 

 ver eel of the fishermen is only a variety of this species. 



The mullets are said to be very tough fish, having a sin- 

 gular power of maintaining their existence in the confine- 

 ment of an Aquarium. We have six species. The most 

 common is the striped mullet (Mugil lineatus). It some- 

 times reaches the length of nearly eight inches. 



Mr. Gosse recommends the following fish, iu addition to 

 those given above, as species that he has found to succeed 

 in a marine Aquarium. 



The sea-scorpions (Scorpcna) of which genus wo find two 

 species on our coast, the S. porgus or small sea-scorpion 

 and the <S'. rnpo or spotted sea-scorpion, both of which are 

 ugly to look upon, but it seem as if the uglier a fish is, the 

 longer will he live in confinement. Mr. Gosse enumerates 

 the hideous pipefishes among his favorites. 



We have four species of pipefish on the American coast, 

 which are named as follows : The American pipefish (Fis- 

 tidaria serrata) ; the spotted pipefish ( T. tabbacaria) ; the 

 banded pipefish (Syngnal/ius fascialns) and the green pipe- 

 fish (S. viridesctns) . 



The green pipefish is the most common in the waters of 

 New York, and is frequently taken as far up the Hudson 

 River as Sing Sing. The other three species are scarce. 

 The S. viridescens is to be looked for among the aquatic 

 plants along the shores of the Hudson, where this fish keeps 

 chiefly and breeds in the slightly brackish water. 



The pipefishes all resemble elongated sticklebacks in 



