Trop ical Toy Fish Bring New Beauty, 
Pools and Aquariums 
jCv xploration of the waters of the world has in the last 
few decades brought discoveries of many tiny, colorful fish, chiefly from tropical 
waters, that can be reared in pools and aquariums. Amazing, brilliant coloring; 
body shapes from the beautiful to the fantastic; and living habits of never-ending 
variety and interest which seem to illustrate in vivid detail many of the character¬ 
istic moods and behaviors of human beings, make these brilliant, astonishing crea¬ 
tures commonly known as Tropical Fish the most fascinating specialties for the 
water gardener and aquarist. More than 600 varieties of pool and aquarium pygmies 
are known to the zoologist. We supply half a hundred of the most interesting and 
ornamental of this enormous selection, 
of Tropical Toy Fish varieties. 
Most of the Tropical Fish require 
water temperatures of 70 to 80 degrees. 
Some of them can be kept in the outdoor 
pool only during the hottest season; and 
the aquarist may well find it necessary 
to supply a source of heating even for the 
indoor aquarium. This is so simple and 
economical, however, that many thou¬ 
sands of American homes are enjoying 
the delightful tropical aquarium. 
With each shipment of Tropical Fish 
we supply free a pamphlet of instructions 
for their care. Toy Tropical Fish usually 
breed freely, even in the indoor aquarium. 
Some of them reproduce as do Goldfish, 
spawning their eggs in convenient grasses 
or roots where the sunshine will warm 
and hatch them. Some of the spawners 
build their own nests in a curious manner 
ite tor complete descriptions and details 
by blowing bubbles in which the eggs are 
floated at the surface of the water. Some 
of the Tropical Fish carry their eggs in 
their mouths to incubate them, and are 
commonly called mouth breeders; and 
the newly hatched young use the mother’s 
mouth as a refuge from danger and a rest¬ 
ing place until they are ready to shift for 
themselves. Other varieties of Tropical 
Fish are viviparous, or live-bearing. 
Some varieties of the Toy Tropical 
Fishes are vicious fighters, and must be 
separated by species in the aquarium. 
Indeed in a few varieties the males will 
even attack the females except when 
spawning. The other varieties will live 
peaceably among themselves in aqua¬ 
riums. 
PRICES 
BUBBLE-NEST BUILDERS 
6 Only Per Dozen 
Per Pair (Three Pair) (Six Pair) 
Dwarf Gourami (Colisa lalia)...........$1.50 
Three Spot or Spotted Gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus).. 1.50 
Paradise Fish (Madropodus viridi auratus)....75 
Betta Cambodia ..... 1.00 
Cornflower Blue or Blue Betta (Betta Cyana). 1.00 
Green Betta (Betta Smaradgreen)... 1.00 
Betta Splendens & Rubra... 1.00 
$4.00 
4.00 
2.00 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
$ 6.00 
6.00 
3.50 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
LIVE-BEARING VARIETIES 
Gold Platys or Moons (Platy poecilus maculatus).75 
Black Platys or Moons (Platy poecilus maculatus).... .75 
Pure Red Platys or Moons (Platy poecilus maculatus)...75 
Blue or Green Mirror Platys or Moons (Platy poecilus maculatus).75 
Mexican Swordtails (Xiphophorus helleri)...75 
Red Helleri ...... 1.50 
Guppyies or Rainbow Fish (Lebistes reticulatus)... .25 
Sailfins (Mollienisia latipinna)...75 
Spotted Mollienisia (Black. Spotted Mollienisia).... .75 
Jet Black Mollienisia (Sphenops Var)... 3.00 
Mosquito Fish (Heterandria formosa).......35 
2.00 
3.50 
2.00 
3.50 
2.00 
3.50 
2.00 
3.50 
2.00 
3.50 
4.00 
6.00 
.65 
1.25 
2.00 
3.50 
2.00 
3.50 
8.00 
12.00 
.85 
2.00 
EGG-LAYING VARIETIES 
A. The Cichlids 
Angel Fish (Pterophyllum Scalare).—-- 
Selected Angel Fish (Extra Large). 
B. The Characinidae Fishes 
Tetra Von Rio (Hyphessobrycon Flammeus). 
Silver Tetra (Ctenobrycon Spilurus). 
Tetra Von Buenos Aires (Hemigrammus Caudovitatus) 
Pristella Riddlei (Pristella Riddlei)... 
Copper Spot Tetra (Hemigrammus Ocelifer). 
Blood Fins (Aphyocharax Rubropinnis). 
C. The Cyprinodontidae 
Spotted Danio (Brachydanio Analipunctatus). 
Zebra Fish (Brachydanio Rerio)... 
Pearl Danio (Danio Albolineatus). 
Giant Danio (Danio Malabaricus).. 
Rosy Barb (Barbus Conchonius). 
Striped Barb (Barbus Semifasciolatus)... 
2.00 
4.00 
.75 
.75 
.75 
1.00 
1.00 
1.00 
.75 
.50 
.75 
.75 
.75 
.75 
5.00 
10.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
2.00 
1.25 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
2.00 
8.00 
18.00 
3.50 
3.50 
3.50 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.50 
2.00 
3.50 
3.50 
3.50 
3.50 
CONDITION OF SALES 
Toy Tropical Fish are shipped in ordinary cans from June I to September I. Add 50 cents to remit¬ 
tances for can cost. No returns. Winter shipments, September I to June I, are made in special cans 
for which a deposit of $2.00 is required, to be refunded upon prepaid return of can; express cost 20c. 
For orders of Tropical Fish amounting to less than $5.00, add 20 per cent, to prices quoted except 
on special Collections. 
