. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. , SO nameo irombrMhycentrua. the spincs which arm their backs. Part V. ICHTHYOLOGY, OR FISHES. 233 and fins—are mostly small fishes, of from one to three inchesin length, and very numerous both in fresh and salt are exceedingly active and greedy, very destructive tosmall fish of other species, which they devour, and thereforevery injurious in fish-jDonds; and they also have furious con-tests with each other. The fifteen-spined stickleback, foundon the English coasts, is noted for its nest-building propensi-ties.* The follo
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. , SO nameo irombrMhycentrua. the spincs which arm their backs. Part V. ICHTHYOLOGY, OR FISHES. 233 and fins—are mostly small fishes, of from one to three inchesin length, and very numerous both in fresh and salt are exceedingly active and greedy, very destructive tosmall fish of other species, which they devour, and thereforevery injurious in fish-jDonds; and they also have furious con-tests with each other. The fifteen-spined stickleback, foundon the English coasts, is noted for its nest-building propensi-ties.* The following account of the fighting habits of thesticklebacks is given by a contributor to an English maga-zine : 3. When a few are first turned into a large wooden vessel, they swimabout, apparently ex])loring their new habitation. Suddenly one will takepossession of a particular corner of the tub, or, as will sometimes happen,of the bottom, and will instantly commence an attack upon his companions;and if any one of them ventures to oppose his sway, a regular and mostferocious battle ensues: the two combatants swim round
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