Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-22

mems of fish, which diner In taste and
form from those OF other waters" One
OF the species by him referred to Is
the chromis. popuiariy known IN this
nelghborhood as the apostle FISH"
The legend has 1t that slnons bark
became loaded with them when the
Lord commanded him to throw out his
nets. In a single draught OF the net.
The World correspondent landed many
species of the genus chromis. An En-
glish tourist In the party recognized
one as Chromis Simonis, another os
Chromis Andreae, the third us Chro-
mis- Tiberindls, etc, according TO the
classification OF the British Museum.
Chromis Simonis Is very much like
the modern carp with It's sides stove In.
II is about eight inches long, with
greenish brown back, the belly glitter
ing In BLUSH silver. The Fms are very
sharp. and the belly fms situated Inn
mediately behind the breast fms. Sew
eral hundred Chromis Tiberladis were
also caught, This FISH is twice as big
as the other, and has coat OF silver
green; Its tail is reddish with green
spots. The Tlherladis prefers still
water and a swampy bottom, which
probably explains It's presence IN such
large numbers In Lake Gennesaret. II
is served to travellers In Jerusalem and
In Safed In winter time. The natives
send 1t as far as Nazareth In cold
weather.
II the Tiberiadls happens to venture
Into the Jordan IL is worse than ~ he
is caught In net, The current will
carry him TO the Dead Sea, and, arriv-
ing there, the fish Mt onee turns on
their backs aud die. The bodies OF tens
Of thousands OF them are daily thrown
pp on the sand banks NJ the mouth OF
Nhc Jordan, where they fall prey to
birds
Perhaps Ezekiel referred to this fact
when he said In chapter xxx, 3; And
l VIII leave thee ana all the nsh of thy
rivers; thou shalt fall upon the open
fields; thou shalt not be brought to-
gethor, nor gathered. ] have given
thee for meat TO the beasts OF the field
and TO the fowls OF the heaven"
Some OF the Chromis stmonis caught
were without eyes. The natives cN-
plained that the blind Chromls are the
victims Of sea hawks. When these
birds have eaten their MI, they begin
to look out for tidblts. After catching
fish they strike It's forehead with
their sharp bealts, knocking out the
middle part, In which the eyes are
set; the eyes are then eaten by the
birds with great relish. Many Of the
fish having been dropped Into the lake.
survive the rough treatment, but they
are forever blind
Hemichromls Sacra Is another apos-
tie fish In Lake Gennesaret Tho spec
crn and central Africa, and its pres
euce In the lake Is quite extraordinary.
This fish IL about foot long has a
brown back, a silvery belly and yellow
ish green fms.
4 very pretty flsh, too, Is the Cap
! beta, which grows to pc a foot and a
half long. Its head IS dark green. Its
! back silyery green, Its belly yellow,
along the sides run deep pink lines.
| The back. tail and breast fins are
| green. the others yellow The hsh is a
/ native OF Asin. and and II IS Il mystery
/ how It became an lnhabitant OF Lake
| Gennesarct
/ A very remarkable fish ~ the Clarlas
| Macracanthus. II Is from two to three
| and one-half feet long. the head being
l one-third OF the length " the body.
| The mouth Is very capacOus, When
caught the Clarlas acts In the net like
serpent, winding itself and jumping
about. 4 fisherman took one Of the
captives and threw Il hard upon the
shore. whereupOn II began to new like
an enraged cat, The tones were quite
loud and continued for a long time
There was some talk in Jerusalem OF
late of sending specimens OF all the
apostle fishes from Lake Gennesaret
TO London to be collected there In big
| aquarium,