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tudinal rows, some of which are warty and others bony. The average 
size is about five or six pounds, but specimens have been caught weigh¬ 
ing as much as eighteen pounds. It is found along the English and American 
shores, where it haunts muddy bottoms, and only seeks the shallows at the 
spawning season. At this time the male makes a pit in the sand, invariably 
selecting a spot between two 
stones. Here the female de¬ 
posits her eggs, which are 
vigilantly watched until the 
young come forth. When 
the young are a day old they 
attach themselves to the side 
of the male parent by means 
of their suctorial mouths, 
and do not quit their place 
for a week or more, until 
they have gained sufficient 
size and strength to provide 
for themselves. The sea-hare 
is a voracious creature, preying chiefly on mollusks and the spawn of other 
fishes. 
LONGHEADED PIKE, FROlVI STANLEY PALLS. 
The Lump Sucker (Cyclopterus lumms.) It may also be added to the 
“ nest-builders.” It has been known to lay as many as a quarter of a million 
eggs, so that it is certainly remarkable for its ability to multiply and occupy 
the (sub-marine) earth. 
The male is decidedly 
hen-pecked, for in the 
first place he takes en¬ 
tire charge of the eggs, 
and later, swims about 
with his many times 
twins clinging to his 
body. 
The Climbing 
Perch (Anabas scan- 
dens) is an habitant of 
Indian waters, which 
are as full of extra¬ 
ordinary animal life as 
are its jungles. To a 
slight extent it is am¬ 
phibious, for, being 
provided with internal cisterns, it can, by laying in its water supply, run 
about the land for days at a time. Its ability and disposition to run up tree- 
trunks has given it its popular name. It is edible and palatable, and therefore 
an object for pursuit. If as a fisherman one does not get a bite, he may 
become a hunter and prove to be more successful. 
The Siamese have, in lieu of the Spanish bull-fights, public contests 
between Fighting-fish (.Betta pugnax). 
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