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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo16amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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212 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM JOURNAL The so-called " elephaut-eurccl " sunfish, or headfish, which has recently attracted atten- tion as having been taken in Florida, is the species of which the record specimen, with a width of 10 feet, may be seen mounted in the hall of fishes of the American Museum of Nat- ural History. The Florida specimen was seven and one-half feet long, eight feet wide, and three feet thick, — which is not an un- usual size. The creature is remarkable in that the tail part of the body is so little devel- oped that the whole fish has the form of an ordinary fish's head. Mr. Ambrose Monell, who took the Florida fish, has had the brain dissected for the collections of the American Museum. This sunfish is only rarely found off the Atlantic Coast, being more common off the coast of southern California. It is seen swim- ming at the surface, more or less on its side, with the tall back fin projecting out of the water. \ Little is known of its life habits and method of feeding. An exhibition of Alaskan paintings by Mr. Leonard M. Davis, will be on view in the west assembly hall of the Museum from April 20 to May 14 inclusive. Li order to afford an opportunity of seeing these paintings to those who are occupied during the day, the exhibition will be open from 7 to 10 p.m. on the evenings of Saturday, April 22; Tuesday, April 25; Saturday, April 29; Tuesday, May 2, and Saturday, May 6. After May 15 an exhibition of paintings, representing life and scenery at the bottom of the sea, by Mr. Zarh H. Pritchard, will be on view. The studies for these interesting pictures were made actually on the sea bottom, among the islands of the Pacific and off the California coast, and at some time during the exhibition Mr. Pritchard will give an illustrated account of his work. Through the kindness of Dr. Guy Pilgrim, acting director . of the Indian Geological Survey, the American Mu.seum has I'eceived casts of portions of the jaw of the anthro- poid ape Sipapilhecus indicus, fossil remains of which are found in the Tertiary deposits of the Siwalik Hills. The Museum possesses casts of all the principal types of extinct apes from Europe and Asia and the specimen just received adds an important genus to the series.
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MO- ..M I'll,.'., Lv Mr. //. ./. Parker Elephant-eared" siiiili^li, m licadlisli i Muln ninhi) cMishl in I'acilic walcrs oil Sanlu Cakiliua, souUiern California — the region in which it is most commonly found. The species has recently attracted considerable attention through the iiniisiial event of its having been taken oil" the Florida coast. A record specimen may be seen mounted in the hall of fishes of the American Museum of Natural History

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