The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1895-12-14
FasAks AMoNo FIsnss.
Tlsh That Have HotAs. Climb Trees ssd
Hop on Dry land.


Hop on Dry land.
OF all the creatures Of the animal
kingdom fishes present the most curl
Gus forms In land animals va fna
no such striking dsTorsiiles In 3
general way the variation in e0,or and
disposition Of plumage mark the birds
and. as rule the 5easts vary one
from the other In length Of limb tail
and neo'.. but In the fishes n1ture
seems 70 have run riot IN fashionlng
misshapen forms They posscss
general type Of structure IN common
with the other creatures oi so three
great classes Of tho animal kiagdom.
They have eyes and ears. a mouth. q
backbone and Limbs. a heart breath
ing apparatus teeth aud brains-ln
fact all tho organs necessary 70 sus-
tain life create In kind. aud 70 forage
for food. yet their external anatomy
Is often OF a most groles4ue character
In contrast with their great beauty
OF coloratlon tho New YORK Sun has
examined some Of the repulslse forms
and strange developments Of organic
hsh lie.
The goby. a family OF fishes dis
tinguished by a disk formed by tho
ventral fms which enables them % at
tach thoir bodies hrmly 10 the rocks
or other substances, is represented By
an odd specimen. a sort Of half-broed.
which has some Of the habits Of the
bairacians or anPhibians Its scien-
tifc name = PeTiopkIhalmus koelrou-
teri the extent Of which seems 10
have exhausted nomenclature IN this
particular case as no other name can
be found for Il even In its natal waters
lts most striking peculiarly is the
habit Il has Of leaving the vH.eg at
tho ebb OF the tide and feeding 81 the
small crustacea and other substances
exposed by the roceding tide Owing
10 lie strong pectoral a1d vs...sl hns
and tail II can hop freely Gad rspidly
over tho ground. SO quick are its
movements that Il is almost as dlhi-
cult 10 catch Il with the hand as II Il
the ordinary pond frog. The peculiar
construction OF Is eyes which are
very movable and capable Of being
thrust far out Of their sockets enables
Il 10 SEQ In the air as well as In the
water
From this amphlblous frog-fsh the
transition Is natural 70 one that can
climb trees Il IL called AFabas
scandens In tho books and climbing
perch by the natives Of the Indian
region.
In 1871 Daldorf In a paper before
tho Llnncan Society Of London states
that In 1891 he took a climbing perch
In the act Of SscsEaizs a irep which
grew near a pond. The fsh had
reached = height Of five feet above The
water And was still going higher In
doing this Il held on 70 the bark Of The
tree by tho sharp spines Of the from
and lower gill covers bent its tail ani
stuck in the spines Of its anal th'
hack On on the belly; u then releases
IL Mead and raising Il took q neu
hold higher up with the spines Of th'
gall covers urging iis way up BY dis
tending or contracting its body. Thi
perch leaves pools when they are Il
danger Of helng dried up and travel
In search Of water, and when doing .,
they have besn met with Ia the glarl
oinoon t0illng along a dusty road. !
IL said that the boatuien Of the Gage
keep these perches In a vessel wiihou
water for days killing and cOokinl
them a. wanted from day 70 day. III
fsh being always a. lively a. whcl
first caught II Is said that they Ar
enabled 70 maintain life out Of thei
native element 90 long a time becaus
Of tho retention Of a supply Of wate
In the interstices Of the bones adjacoE
70 the gilla
A curious elongation Of the snou
occurs In the boar fish or bastard do
, rey one Of the marine pcrohes nativ
, 10 Australian waters much esteome
. as a fish food lis hesh improves
. favor after being out Of the wate
; ] NMNAAN -ANAN MAAAa AAANN ~ - AANl
I sought for by inland people. The ~
4 Of the snout In fishes appears 10
y merely mechanical for roofing purpol
4 eS and iis prolougaiion would apes
e 10 DO simply freak OF nature oths
fishes OF the sans family and hahli
having only tho usual length Of snou
A striking exception 10 the rule lal
down a. 70 the use Of the snou, IN n
, boar-ish occurs In the use Of the arcl
or fsh (Ioxotes iaculator). one Of n
cholmos a native Of the East Indie
Tsis fish Is about six or seven inchl
In length and has a slightly prolongs
snout from which Il projects drops
Q water with sure aim. at insects eau
Z ing them 70 fall into the water whol
= they are instantly seized as pse
y This habit It continues In oaptivlt
i and Il Is said to be highly prized as
. household pet by the MalayS wi
keep it IN captivity In a bowl Of vat
4 snt amuso themselves at the oxhit
: ton Of the peculiar habit Of the iis
a which they call 'lgan sumpit"
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