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Title: Zoological Society bulletin
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: New York Zoological Society
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: (New York) : New York Zoological Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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me think that he feeds on water thyme, and smells of it.To this belief the fish evidently owes itsname Thymallus. Our graylings spawn in April and May,the eggs hatch in from nine to seventeendays at temperatures of 50 to 60 degrees,and the yolk sac is absorbed in eight or tendays, when the young fishes rise from thebottom of the hatching troughs and beginto feed. The number of eggs depositedvaries from three thousand to four thousand. Many of the eggs received from Bozemanfailed to hatch, doubtless owing to the factthat they were treated like trout eggs andplaced in hatching troughs. Had they beenplaced in glass hatching jars, as is done atBozeman, and kept in motion by wateradmitted from below, we might have hatcheda larger proportion of the eggs received. The Aquarium has at present nearly onethousand tropical fishes representing aboutone hundred different species. They makean exhibition of life from the coral reefs thatis full of color and movement. 1058 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN
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SEA HORSES IN THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM City. A small unbrand-ed bunch was roped atGravesend Bay. The Aquarium stock-man is now getting inforage from the beaches,for the sea horse wonteat anything he doesntlike. Just ai this seasonit is not difficult to sup-ply fresh food, but whenwinter sets in the foragequestion gets serious.Along toward Spring-when it is actuallyscarce, the sea horsesbegin to show their ribsand some of them dontpull through the winterwhen beaches are bare. For th^ benefit ofthose unacquainted withthe breed, it may bestated that it is knownas Hippocampus. Itloves to browse amongsea weed. It has a tailthat can be used likethat of a monkey butit is always recogniz-able by its horse-likehead. This is all the informa-tion regarding the seahorse that will be givenout at present, but thepublic will be admittedwithout charge and thestockmen are ready toanswer questions. Fishes in Central Park.—The followingspecies of fishes have been found by theAquarium collector to be abun

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