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Title: The aquarium
Identifier: aquarium3341895mule (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Mulertt, Hugo
Subjects: Aquarium animals; Aquarium fishes; Aquariums
Publisher: Brooklyn, N. Y. : H. Mulertt
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148 THE AQUARIUM, JANUARY, 1895. them, and placed in another aquarinm, well stocked with plants. About half an hour after introduction into their new home they begin to build a new nest. But now not so much pains are taken in constructing it; perhaps that in higher temj^erature, it being spring- now, the eggs need less protection. THE YELLOW OR RING-PERCH. (Perca Flavescens.) The perch, if not of too large size, in which case he would be dangerous to his neighbors, is exceedingly well suited to the aquarium, both on account of damp moss, and if not sold, taken back and put into the pond again. The- perch frequently attains four pounds in weight, or even more. Donovan, in his " History of British Fishes," says- they have been taken from Bala Lake weighing five pounds; and it is stated by Yarrell, that a gentleman residing near Dudley took one six pounds in weight from the Birmingham canal. Colonel Montague records the capture of a perch of still greater size, stating that one was taken in the Avon, in Wiltshire, with a night-line, baited for a pike, which weighed eight pounds, dimensions which Pennan's famous
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Yellow Perch. his robust constitution, and his suscep- tibility of being tamed, to say nothing of his handsome appearance. Perch have been known to breed in small vases, and there is little doubt that they might, with only ordinary care, bring up a numerous family in a well- managed aquarium. They are so hardy that they live for many hours out of water, and revive when put in again Avithout appearing to have sustained much injury. In Catholic countries, where fresh fish are much more prized than with us, fine perch are often brought to market and exposed for some hours on open stalls, upon a little specimen considerably exceeded, the one he records as taken in the Serpen- tine weighing nine pounds. This must have been a magnificent fish, but it is stated by Block that a head of a perch in the church at Luehlah, in Lapland, measuring nearly twelve inches from the nose to the gill cover. This, how- ever, must doubtless be the head of some allied species, and not our com- mon perch; probably the last of some now extinct species. The coloring of a healthy and well marked perch is very striking. The back and upper parts are of a rich olive-brown, variegated by several broad

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