Title: Aquatic life
Identifier: aquaticlife51920baus (find matches)
Year: 1920 (1920s)
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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aquatic Hilt is due solely to reflected light, and if such a fish is placed upon some black bars, these are reflected on the sides of the fish, a condition admirably illustrated. In a pond or river the surroundings are simi- larly reflected and the fish is afforded a measure of protection. The back, which is exposed to light from above, is almost invariably dark-colored. Excellent pictures of fishes may be ob- tained by using a narrow glass aquarium.
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**Maw, oh, maw! Can we come in;?" (Donahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer). The subject cannot then vary its position in regard to the camera, and consequently remains in focus. Other methods of pho- tographing marine life in rock pools were demonstrated, and the use of various tanks, cells and lenses for smaller aquatic animals was explained. The lecturer then exhibited a series of his own photo- gra))hs, including photomicrographs of some of the minute inhabitants of our ponds and streams. Fundulus nottii The star-headed minnow, Fundulus nottii, is particularly attractive little killi- fish that for some reason or other has not attained the popularity it deserves. Did it come from India, or some other far-off land, it would no doubt be highly valued and bred with the same zeal as the species of Haplochilus, which it resembles in habits and spawning. But though "a beautiful and strikingly colored little fish" (Jordan and Evermann), we pass it by because it is a native species. Nott's Fundulus does not appear to have been bred in the aquarium, but its spawning habits are indicated by the fact that several times aquarists have secured it from eggs attached to water hyacinths and other aquatic plants shipped from the South. In one instance it appeared from hyacinths that had been merely raked from the water, dumped into a barrel and shipped. It is quite hardy in the aquarium, and. unlike the exotic fishes, finds ordinary house temperature to its liking during the winter. The body is silvery, with six black stripes running from head to tail, and ten to thirteen fainter vertical bars. These vary in intensity. A broad black bar cov- ers the eye and extends down over the cheek; lower jaw and upper part of gill- cover red; breast and lower part of gill- cover reddish yellow. (Named for Dr. Nott, its discoverer.) Thomas Edison says its easier to im- prove machinery than to imj^rove men. Nature seldom makes a fool; she simply furnishes the raw material, anci lets the fellow finish the job to suit hini- self.—Josh Billings.

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