. Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation; a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. Aquariums; Goldfish. MOLLUSCS, VERMES AND HYDROZOA. FIG. .186, Lampsilis ochraceus. Adult. brown, finely radiated and zoned with dark olive, and a very dainty rose color or violet tint on the inner side. The cardinal teeth are nearly parallel with the hinge margin and the lateral teeth short and less prominent. It grows to 2^ inches in length, 2 inches broad and ly^ inch thick, but is usually smaller in proportion. It is a New England species rar
. Goldfish breeds and other aquarium fishes, their care and propagation; a guide to freshwater and marine aquaria, their fauna, flora and management. Aquariums; Goldfish. MOLLUSCS, VERMES AND HYDROZOA. FIG. .186, Lampsilis ochraceus. Adult. brown, finely radiated and zoned with dark olive, and a very dainty rose color or violet tint on the inner side. The cardinal teeth are nearly parallel with the hinge margin and the lateral teeth short and less prominent. It grows to 2^ inches in length, 2 inches broad and ly^ inch thick, but is usually smaller in proportion. It is a New England species rarely found in the Middle and Western States. L. cariosus, Fig. 187, is also variable in form, has moderately thick inflated ovate or rounded valves, with the prominent umbones placed well towards the anterior end of the hinge, which has a straight narrow margin and a sharp obtuse ridge passing towards the poster- ior tip. The valves are sharply marked with lines of growth and have a smoothly polished surface. The coloris greenish-yellow or light-olive, with rays of bright-green along the upper posterior margin; and the inside a bluish flesh- Adult. colorcd tint. The Cardinal teeth are oblique and the laterals short. It grows to a length of 3 inches, the male being i^ and the female 2}^ inches broad and 1}^ inch thick. It is quite generally distributed but most frequently occurs in the Connecticut River and its tributaries. No information is at hand as to its longevity in the aquarium. Anadonta. These mussels reach a considerable size and are usually more ovate in form than any of the foregoing. They have siphonal apertures, toothless hinges and sharply defined umbones. They are difficult to keep alive in smaller aquaria, as their food consist most largely of diatoms and infusoria, but will survive in those of running water or in large properly balanced aquaria having abundant plant life. There are two generally distributed species in the Eastern Atlant
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