. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. Note.—The dace (Rhinichthys atronasus) is one of the most inter- esting of the nest-building fishes. During the breeding-season males and females clear away a spot, perhaps under the water-lilies, and in the oval depression the eggs are deposited, the pair covering them with a layer of stones ; then another layer of eggs is deposited, and another of stones, until a mound of eight or ten inches in height is the result, and here the young are hatched. Blind, Cave-Fishes (Amblyopidtz).—These comprise three genera and four species of ghostly, sightless fishes (Fig.
. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. Note.—The dace (Rhinichthys atronasus) is one of the most inter- esting of the nest-building fishes. During the breeding-season males and females clear away a spot, perhaps under the water-lilies, and in the oval depression the eggs are deposited, the pair covering them with a layer of stones ; then another layer of eggs is deposited, and another of stones, until a mound of eight or ten inches in height is the result, and here the young are hatched. Blind, Cave-Fishes (Amblyopidtz).—These comprise three genera and four species of ghostly, sightless fishes (Fig. 213) living in the limestone caves of the Middle and. Fig. 213.—Blind-fish (Amd/yopsz's), Mammoth Cave. Southern States. Though blind, they are supplied with sense-organs so delicate that they are enabled to capture fishes with eyes that have strayed into their 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915; Holder, Joseph Bassett, 1824-1888, joint author. New York : D. Appleton and company
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