General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . roach of a barracudavisible just beneath the water-surface atthe upper left. Rock beauties, butterflyfishes, and blue angel-fishes swim amongthe sea fans, sea-bushes and sea-plumes;while a large rainbow parrot-fish, Nassaugroupers, and a huge green moray lurkin the crevices and caverns under thecoral. The latter is gay with encrustingand chimney sponges of scarlet, green,purple, yellow, and gray. To the left,above the great heads of brain-coral, orb-coral, and star-coral, swim queen trigger-fishes, numerous butte
General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History . roach of a barracudavisible just beneath the water-surface atthe upper left. Rock beauties, butterflyfishes, and blue angel-fishes swim amongthe sea fans, sea-bushes and sea-plumes;while a large rainbow parrot-fish, Nassaugroupers, and a huge green moray lurkin the crevices and caverns under thecoral. The latter is gay with encrustingand chimney sponges of scarlet, green,purple, yellow, and gray. To the left,above the great heads of brain-coral, orb-coral, and star-coral, swim queen trigger-fishes, numerous butterfly fishes, and agrotesque trumpet-fish. THE GLORY OF THE SEA (Coitus gloria-maris). This is the rarest and most romantic ofshells. Only a dozen specimens are known andnone have been collected for more than a cen-tal \. The Museum possesses two specimens THE PEARLY OR CHAMBERED NAUTILUS (Sectioned shell with animal in place). This re-markable creature belongs to a bygone age. It isthe only surviving species of a long line of fossilforms reaching back 500, years or more.
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