Title: Aquatic life
Identifier: aquaticlife219161917baus (find matches)
Year: 1916-1917 (1910s)
Authors: Bausman, Joseph E
Subjects: Aquariums; Fish culture
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. E. Bausman
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

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I niie Chanchito or Shoat ERNEST LEITHOLF
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TKe Chanchito He facetu r From the waters of Brazil and the Argentine comes to us Hcros facctuiii or Cichlasoma facetimi. call it what you will, a species well-known to us as an aquarium fish for more than twenty years, one that has "worn well," and in which we have never lost interest by reason of its familiarity. The native Brazilians call it the Chanchito, mean- ing the shoat or pig, perhaps it may resemble it in a tendency to root up the plants, or because of a fancied similarity to the contour of the "porker." While the Chanchito may not compete with some of the other cichlidons in the matter of attractive colors, still it is a fascinating fish. Its coat is very change- able, varying from the usual brownish yellow or gray to one with perpendicular bars of bluish-black. The chameleon- like habit of changing the intensity of the coloration, the blunt head and gen- erous fins, make it a conspicuous mem- ber of any collection of fishes. In intelli- gence it ranks second to none. I have bred them many times, and find the ob- servation of the faithful care of the eggs and fry a never-ending delight. Give a pair a good-sized aquarium not less than twenty by twelve inches, a tem- perature of about 70 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, proper foods, preferably worms and raw scraped beef, and soon male and female will begin to dig, scout

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