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The Discovery Of A Species Of Fish With An Ovarium In The Head

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Day
18
Month
March
Year
1881
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Public Domain
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In piacatorial line I was Fortunato enough to make i ?ery strenge dweovery. Noticeing tbal tbe)tck waters of the EUfCT Manuur uu 1 in ü'li ii'i'iii brook uuiitaim ¦! iiantit.- "I fish, I H't ali "it aapturinK Mtnie, and oi liocd urne difieren! - Aiuung them iva One whioli, 1 w. ured, diil not deposil tta ügg, 01 even lay tliein at all. Toe ova, I w.is toW, wen1 liOfl in Iha head of the li-h, whorc tlicy werc incubated, the yonns findinx tlii'ir exit, throogh tlie immth of the it. To say 1 ikeptioal of this tiih wii ti an ovarían ja it baad is bui to feebly expreM my Poelings ; ut. noticin a wrange development and diaouloration of tlie boad in leveral tpemtnea I had oblaioed, I dManníoed t avaatiate the matter thoroughly. Aocordingiy, I telected s üvíhk individual a lárorably con ilitioneil and coofioed il in a - On ÜM WOBd dy aller tlie iiic.uccinti.iii. sorely anoug h, to uiy nexpreaaible delight, ¦ (iny li-li made ilicir appearatMe, hm fVmn whëooe il at impomible Co My . The following ilay tUrer more made tlieir appcarance, an] it wmngj to see trein i'troubled roovemrnt.s ui' the liili aml its miei gasping, that t bnty time wuat hand. On the third lay the younjt appeareil in greater nambert, whi.li eaued me tn iarestigate :i watcfa. Afler n lenth of I UU ïvwai'lci Ly leeiOf the ti-li ooiMMaee ratptng rurmuly, and Í noticed, throQgh tne trannparcnoy of tbe lower jaw, a tomething ihat had t lic appearam-c of a meojbraM, bal which mifthi have boen the "iin tili it-II, irorking about inidc. Alter abool lOesavultifC movements, otil shot the newly horn individual Ironi the exaet epntre 01 the niuuth of the parent Hak, tbox defioitely settKof ibe qu63tion. VItogether, the nuinbcróf yoang prodooed aboat 100, of wbieh N.iinc 4m dead. Afler the limi-th 'lay no more made tlu'ir appearaOWt and the head of the fish waa ¦ pitiful tight to be hol'l, it iiciní ajmoet tra ñaparen t and Terv rnuch shrunk. ti-h i.s ,i ver -mail ODe, DO) i'Xeeelini; tWO llicli'-fi in loBRtb, wbich perbaps accounts foi iti beiag oei lookcd by otbcni li Cour or five Hack lionznntnl hands, which, while the li.-li iin what 1 ptcsome il is imt iocurrecl to cali theparturicntKtate, are illuminated by tiny spots, baviog a Krilliaiit pboaphoTocoeal upp.ii laoe. Keili- the OTariuai, the whole ft' its orgaai o mtaiqed in the lore part of the body, the posterior i"r tion being but flcsh and bone. The vent is situat.-'l at nearly a poaajblc in the oen tre oCthe belly. VVhctner it i the fetnale that iooubatai ihc ora, or whether tbc case in repcatcd of tbo Spanish botraehinn, where the feuial the spawa in tlie rnouth of the niale, ihere to be hatflhed I cannot say dclinitely, but udtci'Hi frotti the ehand ol color in the lifh during ( lic in.ubatinif perioi], I should saytbat the male had littie to '1" ith it. 1 twored lcciiiitTi nl the Bah, which will be fot wardeil n due ooarae from Bitton to Bmtland tbr thorougb invt'stixati'iii. and I nu ia hni.es of being able, at oiue later period nldnee more iHiserviiifr the fish in its living state. I shall also eodeavor to bring home sotne live specimens, as the ti-h Deerns to ;) hardy.

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Ann Arbor Courier
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