. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Ftom a Photooiaph hij J. Tuine) Tmnei, lepiodiwed m Tlie Gmnt Fish of Floiula (Pcaison). BONY FISH AND TOAD toad fish at the bottom is all but invisible, olingiug as it does to the shell against a deceptive bacliground o( weeds. 116. An anecdotal account o£ some queer inhabitants of the seas—fish that walk, fish that talk, fish that fly, fishthat climb, fish that bury themselves, and fish that are drowned if they stay in the water too long. By W. Saville-Kent, , PAET II. IpXOTIC fish, as might he antici
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Ftom a Photooiaph hij J. Tuine) Tmnei, lepiodiwed m Tlie Gmnt Fish of Floiula (Pcaison). BONY FISH AND TOAD toad fish at the bottom is all but invisible, olingiug as it does to the shell against a deceptive bacliground o( weeds. 116. An anecdotal account o£ some queer inhabitants of the seas—fish that walk, fish that talk, fish that fly, fishthat climb, fish that bury themselves, and fish that are drowned if they stay in the water too long. By W. Saville-Kent, , PAET II. IpXOTIC fish, as might he anticipated, yield an innumerable assemblage of forms?^ that are remarkable for their outre shapes or peculiar habits. Among the latter thesubject of the accompanying coloured illustration is deservedly noteworthy. In size andshape the species bears a by no means inconsiderable resemblance to the little SmoothBlenny or Shanny of British seas, whose exploits as a chivalrous defender of his hearthand home were chronicled in a previous chapter. In zoological parlance the fish is knownas the Perioptlialmus—a title bearing referenceto its peculiarly modified eyes which can beraised or depressed at will, and under theformer conditions command an uninterruptedail-round vision. In virtue of its mud-frequenting
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