Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-15

down stream toward the location selected
for the nest If the psbSle is too heavy.
perhaps both GELS viii take hold, lifting
together, until finally the stone ia deposited
on pile of Others This is carried on until
a heap, perhaps three feet high, is collected,
and among them the eggs are deposited and
guarded, the young fish that do not resem-
ole their parents living in their castle
for long time.
"The nest Of the striped dace a fresh
water fish. is almost similar; both the
fishes form it by collecting small pebbles
which they carry in their mouths and drop
one upon another until quite heap is the
result Among these the eggs are Gepos-
tied and the young reared.
" The fish commonly known as suckers
found in many streams-have q similar
way of making a home, and, from
the habit of carrying stones in their
mouths, are called stoue-toters,' stone
tuggers,' etc. The commend pond fish is g
famous nest builder. In the early spring
their operations can be watched from a
boat, the nest being generally formed near
shore. Often several fishes are to be OBJ
served clearing away the sticks and grasses
at the bottom, carrying them some distance
away in their mouths. This work accom-
plished g slight depression il made or
are deposited, about which the vines and
buds Of the pond-lily cling, while overhead
Will perhaps be perfect canopy Of the
rich flowers so that the nest is o perfect
bower. / have seen as many as ten di0er-
ent nests IL space of ten square feet, the
different owners swimming about as il
having perfect faith n the good intentions
OF their neighboTs. They have an enemy,
however. IN the pirate perch, that often
completely routes them, and uses the nests
for its own purposes. All the sunishes are
nest-builders. one species building in win
ter, when the streams are frozen over.
In Eastern waters the famous black
goby, that can live hours out OF the water.
erects nest OF the seaweed Sastera. and
another fish, known scientifically Us the
nphiOcephalus, erects q complicated struct-
ure III which its young are reared.
Among the South American catfishes 8
number form rude receptacles for their eggs.
and others have curious sacs on their bodies
to hold their young. On the Amazon and
Its tributaries many OF the border trecs are
hung with vines, called lecnes, that grow
out over the water, drop down, and as the
end meets the stream, take root and grow.
In the tendrils floating matter from up the
stream becomes caught, and soon a floating
garden IS the result. Under these a little
fish, called the perae. takes its place during
the breeding season, and here the eggs are
The giant ceradotu5, recently disoov-
cred in Australia and famous for its dry
land journeys, builds nest in the sand
quite as perfectly as that of some birds.
30 with the protopterus, which forms
nest, and curiously enough, when the dry
season comes. burrows in the mud, form
ing case lined with q secretion that
hardens like plaster and III which cell the
fish hibernates until the water oomes
again. These curious cases have been
taken to Europe and there soaked out after
long journey in a closely packed trunk"
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