. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. RVLh-Ili:\\).—(:uttiis(lbin. Tlie Bull-head is a voracious little fish, feeding on various water insects, worms, larvje, iiiul the young fry of otlier fish. It is a representative of a rather large genus, comprising ahoiit twenty-six or twenty-seven known s])(>cies, which are spread over all the northern and temperate juvrts of the world. In Btissia the I5ull-head is believed bv the general public to possess the same (|uality as is attributed to th
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Reptiles; Fishes; Mollusks; Natural history; Reptiles; Poissons; Mollusques; Sciences naturelles. RVLh-Ili:\\).—(:uttiis(lbin. Tlie Bull-head is a voracious little fish, feeding on various water insects, worms, larvje, iiiul the young fry of otlier fish. It is a representative of a rather large genus, comprising ahoiit twenty-six or twenty-seven known s])(>cies, which are spread over all the northern and temperate juvrts of the world. In Btissia the I5ull-head is believed bv the general public to possess the same (|uality as is attributed to the kingfisher by our own rustic population, iiiul to iiidirate the direction of the wind by always keei)ing its head turned to windward when it is dri(Ml and suspended horizontally by a threail. The mouth of this little fish is very wide, and contains numerous minute teeth. There is one spine on tlu; piu'operculum, and the o])erculum ends in a flattened point. The general colour of the smooth skin is very dark brown on the back, white on the abdomen, and greyish white on the flanks. The rays of the fins are spotted with dark blackish brown and white, rather vaiial)le in difl'erent iiulividuals, and the fins are marked with dark brown dots. The eyes are yellow, and the pu])il very dark blue. It is but a small fish, averaging four, and seldom excee who wish to escajje wounded lingers. This is a much prettier siH'cies than the prece<ling fish, its body being rich purple-brown, mottled with a warm red hue, and m the adult male there are some stripes of red on the pectoral fins, and tlie aluluiiieu IS bnglitly decorated witli some snowv white circular spots on glowing scarlet, in fins country, its extreme length seldom exceeds eight inches. I Hi. m. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G.
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