. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE STICKLEBACKS. The Common Grey Mallet {.Vngil capita) occurs all round the coasts of Europe, and as far south as the Cape of Good Hope, and has also been met with in the Nile and fresh-water lakes of Tunis. It is the most common of the European Grey Mullets, but, like all the other species of the genus, it is very vaiiable. It is usually seen near to the shore, and in Great Britain always returns with the tide, when it veutm-es up rivers. When kept in salt-water ponds the fish become so tame as to assemble at a signal given them. When e
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THE STICKLEBACKS. The Common Grey Mallet {.Vngil capita) occurs all round the coasts of Europe, and as far south as the Cape of Good Hope, and has also been met with in the Nile and fresh-water lakes of Tunis. It is the most common of the European Grey Mullets, but, like all the other species of the genus, it is very vaiiable. It is usually seen near to the shore, and in Great Britain always returns with the tide, when it veutm-es up rivers. When kept in salt-water ponds the fish become so tame as to assemble at a signal given them. When enclosed in the seine net the Grey Mullet often leaps over the head line, and is followed by all its associates, in the same way that Sheep follow their bell wether. They feed on soft and fat food, especially such as is slightly decayed. In Guernsey the ilullet has been kept in fresh-water ponds, and found to improve in weight even more rapidly than the other sea fishes which have been experimented upon in the same way. The colour upon the top of the head and back is greyish-blue, while the sides and belly are silvery, with parallel dusky lines running along the length. The Maijil septentrioHaUs is found on the British and Scandinavian co;ists, anil reaches a length of twenty-thi-ee inches. A third British species (MiajH curlus) is occasionally captured in the English Channel. The twelfth division is the Gasterosteiformes, a small group of fishes comprising the Sticklebacks and the Pipe-fishes of the family Fistularida?. FAMILY XLIV.— The Sticklebacks all belong to the genus Gasterosteus, of which eleven species and several varieties ai-e known. These are small fishes of elegant form, mostly limited to fresh or brackish 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 Duncan, P. Martin
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