. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . ved that the fish had been swallowed — a view,however, which was speedily rejected, when it was found that, if ejected by means of a stick,it invariably returned. Thus the anemone is obviously to be regarded as host, and not ascaptor. More than this, from the facts so far to hand, it appears that this strangely assortedpair are mutually dependent on one another, at least to a large extent — the fish undertakingto supply the larder, whilst the anemone in return affords shelter from enemies. The partplayed by each is as
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms; . ved that the fish had been swallowed — a view,however, which was speedily rejected, when it was found that, if ejected by means of a stick,it invariably returned. Thus the anemone is obviously to be regarded as host, and not ascaptor. More than this, from the facts so far to hand, it appears that this strangely assortedpair are mutually dependent on one another, at least to a large extent — the fish undertakingto supply the larder, whilst the anemone in return affords shelter from enemies. The partplayed by each is as follows:—The fish, which is very conspicuous, wearing a livery ofvermilion crossed by three bands of white, sallies forth and swims about till it attracts theattention of some other carnivorous member of its class, on which, if it gives chase, theamphiprion returns with all speed to its living cave, and quickly disappears down its pursuer, blundering against the outspread tentacles, is immediately paralj-sed by a shower 236 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD. Photo h kfinh-i rh,h a- C. 1 [chancery Lane^ W. On , unt of their SPOTTED WRASSE -eatly thickened itpi lurasses are aha knozvn as Lip-Joshes of Stinging-darts whicli proceedtherefrom as a result of theshock, and, rendered insensible,becomes the spoil of the active fish plays thepart of a lure, and in returnis aftbrded shelter. The \Vr.\.sses proper maybe distinguished, amongst otherthings, b_\- their thickened lips— hence the name Lip-fishesg i \ e n the m by Germannaturalists —b) the greatly ex-tended back-fin, the greaterpart of which is spinous, andthe arrangement of the teeth,which need not be discussed here. They are shore-fishes, living in the neighbourhood of weed-covered rocks, or in tropical seas, where they are most abundant, amid coral-reefs. Most arebrilliantly, man) gaudily coloured, iridescent hues frequently adding to the beauty formedby the permanent deposit of coloured pigments
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