Zoological Society bulletin . merly State Commis-sioner of Fisheries of Pennsylvania, is thesuperintendent. At Boston a new city aquarium has just beencompleted and will be opened to the publicwithin a few weeks. Provision has been madefor both salt and fresh-water exhibitions. L. Mowbray, formerly in charge of theBermuda Aquarium, has been made superin-tendent of the Boston Aquarium, and Mr. A. , for more than eleven years anemployee of the New York Aquarium, hasaccepted an advanced position in the Bostoninstitution. Key West Fishes.—An unusually fine lot offishes arrived
Zoological Society bulletin . merly State Commis-sioner of Fisheries of Pennsylvania, is thesuperintendent. At Boston a new city aquarium has just beencompleted and will be opened to the publicwithin a few weeks. Provision has been madefor both salt and fresh-water exhibitions. L. Mowbray, formerly in charge of theBermuda Aquarium, has been made superin-tendent of the Boston Aquarium, and Mr. A. , for more than eleven years anemployee of the New York Aquarium, hasaccepted an advanced position in the Bostoninstitution. Key West Fishes.—An unusually fine lot offishes arrived at the Aquarium on October 9thfrom Key West. Altogether there were threehundred and fourteen specimens of fishes, repre-senting forty-three species, besides conches andstarfish. The following list will show the greatvariety of forms represented in the collection:Nassau, red, yellow-fin and black groupers;mutton-fish; snook; margate; black, blue andqueen angel-fishes; spadefish; spot and gray 938 ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY SPADEFISIIES IX THE NEW YORK AQUARIUMThese cross-barred beauties are graceful swimmers. snappers; common and salmon rockfish; commonand buffalo trunkfish; eowfish; butterfly-fish;rock and red hinds; trigger-fish; porgy; white,gray, yellow and blue-striped grunts; squirrel-fish; schoolmaster; rainbow parrot-fish; red andSpanish hogfishes; porkfish; brown and greenmoravs; filefish; yellowtail; Bermuda chub;scorpion-fish; surgeon-fish; remora or shark-sucker; southern puffer or swellfish, and seacatfish. All of these except the buffalo trunkfish andthe queen angel-fish have been exhibited beforein the Aquarium. Some of these will eventuallybe placed in the new Boston Aquarium, whenthe salt-water tanks there are completed. Inthe meantime, they are all being cared for inthe New York Aquarium and a large proportionwill remain on exhibition here. The collectionwas made and cared for during transportationby Mr. L. L. Mowbray. Superintendent of theBoston Aquarium.
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