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Title: The aquarium
Identifier: aquarium4391896mule (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Mulertt, Hugo
Subjects: Aquarium animals; Aquarium fishes; Aquariums
Publisher: Brooklyn, N. Y. : H. Mulertt
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THE AQUARIUM, APlilL, 1896. 45 ferent tanks, who enjoy to suck at the end of the little finger of our hand when it is held in the water for that pur- pose. Nearly every one of the tench that we have had in our collection would allow us to stroke the sides of its body after the fashion in which one would fondle a dog or cat. The Common Tench (Tinea vulgaris). by the monks, who were in those days the j)rincipal fish culturists. It was asserted by them that when any fish had been externally injured by some acci- dent, it would seek to find a tench, and, when found, would rub the injured part against the body of that fish, with the supposed intention of re-covering the injured part with slime to prevent
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of which the Golden Tench is an ornamental variety, is a native of Germany. It has been cultivated-in ponds and the moats of castles in that country for many centuries, and at the present day it is one of the most sal- able fresh-water fishes, being in con- stant demand for the table. During the middle ages the tench was called the " fish-physician " (Fisch Doctor) the formation of fungus. We have not been able to prove or disprove this belief, but it seems plausible to us. Fungus, which in most cases proves fatal to specimens attacked by it, will form on such parts of the fish's body, from which the protecting slime has been rubbed off. As we protect our furniture or other articles with a coat of varnish against the injurious influ-

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  • bookyear:1897
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Mulertt_Hugo
  • booksubject:Aquarium_animals
  • booksubject:Aquarium_fishes
  • booksubject:Aquariums
  • bookpublisher:Brooklyn_N_Y_H_Mulertt
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • booksponsor:Smithsonian_Libraries
  • bookleafnumber:15
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
  • bookcollection:americana
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