. Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation; a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. Aquariums; Goldfish. FIG. 152. Am-pullaria depressa. Striated and dotted with black, the tenticles of the males yellowish-brown and of the females reddish or orange. It inhabits canals and ditches of soft muddy bottom and sluggish current in the middle Southern States, is oviparous and lays 30 to 70 eggs on plants above the water level, which are soft when deposited but acquire a hard shell from exposure to the atmosphere. They hatch in about 12
. Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation; a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. Aquariums; Goldfish. FIG. 152. Am-pullaria depressa. Striated and dotted with black, the tenticles of the males yellowish-brown and of the females reddish or orange. It inhabits canals and ditches of soft muddy bottom and sluggish current in the middle Southern States, is oviparous and lays 30 to 70 eggs on plants above the water level, which are soft when deposited but acquire a hard shell from exposure to the atmosphere. They hatch in about 12 days and are the size of a large pea. A. miamiensis. Fig. 153, has a globose, yellowish-brown 2^ inches long heavy shell with moderately impressed suture, a depressed spire and large body whorl. The aperture occupies about one-half the length ot. 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 Wolf, Herman Theodore, 1855-. Philadelphia, Innes & Sons
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