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Title: Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation : a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. With 280 explanatory illustrations, printed with the text
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Wolf, Herman Theodore, 1855-
Subjects: Aquariums Goldfish
Publisher: Philadelphia : Innes & sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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systems of the Eastern, Middle and Southern states. It can bekept with other freshwater fishes and thrives satisfactorily in the aquarium.Its food is the same as that of the Sucker. THE MINNOWS The Minnows or cyprinoids are among the smallest of freshwaterfishes. There are many well-known species some of which thrive in theaquarium, but others, whose natural habitat is swift-running water, aredifficult to keep alive except in tanks in which the water is constantlychanging. Some of the hardy forms are easily tamed and soon learn tocome to the surface of the water to be fed. The most generally distri-buted species are the Black-striped minnow, Notropis procne; the Silver-fin, Notropis analostanus, Fig. 50, and the Red-fin, Notropis cornutus. 82 SOME FRESHWATER AQUARIUM FISHES These are all abundant in the small tributary streams of the Delaware,and when voung are difficult to identity as they all look much alike. Theadults, however, are different and develop brilliant colors during the
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FIG. 50—Silver Fin, Xotropis anaiostanus spring or breeding season. The young of almost all species of freshwaterfishes are often called minnows. The minnows thrive best on boiledcereals and small particles of earthworms, dessicated meat, shellfish, etc. THE SHINER OR ROACH This beautiful fish, Abramis cryso/eucas, Fig. 51, may be kept in theaquarium and is perhaps the most hardy of all of our Minnows or Cypri-noid fishes. Instances of a long survival of this fish in the aquarium are

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