The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-09
AQUARIUM'S NEW A
EIyAL CoNsIgNN ENT OF sPEcL-
MEMS IRON BERMUDA ARRIYES.

a Devil Elsh. Berusuda Lssstsrs. Grunt-. .
Tnag. Crnyu. n sec Porcupine. Csnsss.
Parrots. Squirrels, Gray snappsru. and Sec
Anemones Co ne Put on E1hibitto0 shortly.
Spells Of the sea DEPTHS from a six weeks hunt
along the Bermuda coast arrived yesterday on
the steamer orinoco. in charge of Mr.. L. Hay.
cock. and are now swimming or ~lounging in the
pools and tanks Of the Aquarium. From q spec
tacular point of view this consignment Is the
most varied and interesting that has yet come
from Bermuda to the Aquarium. Most OF the new
arrivals were kept in secluslon yesterday. and
will not be exhibited 60 the public until they
shall have frightened ap a bit and recovered
from the effects Of their unaccustomed travel
over seas.
The membcrs of one family came over without
being troubled at all by the voyage, and they
were the centre OF interest yesterday as they
sprawled about in the big basin where the sea
angels used to live. This was the Bermuda
lobster family. The Bermuda lobster looks
much like our native species. but lacks the same
argumentative facilities. as he hasn't any nip
ping claws. He is big-two feet long. some of
the specimens-and spravly, and somewhat
ornamental in color scheme, being OF q
notified salmon pink and black. and he has
enormously long antennR, which he waves In an
illustrative manner. as II pointing out to a sur.
rounding audience various places of interest.
Tho dozen who inhabit the tank, when gathered
together, form q group which q bather would
swim the Atlantic Ocean to avoid stepping on.
But it Is all in their looks. They are harmless.
By no means harmless Is . fellow passenger
OF theirs on the voyage over, . devil dsh. He Is
not a big specimen, stretching perhaps two feet
from tsntacle tip to tentacle tip, but he IL armed
with suckers that would make trouble for q
man to whom he became attached. Moreover.
! he ear bifR- Once on the wav OVar he CDt in n
temper over something and discharged his ink
bag with the result that the water in his travel
ling tank became quite opaque and they had to
drain 1t OF before they could see him. Since
his arrival he hasn't felt very we'll. and has been
looking pale. He sits up with his pulp of q body
Just q little raised, looking about in q bored
manner with his beady eyes. DR.. Bean thinks,
however, that he Is slowly recovering color and
spirits.
grunts Just received. The grunt is so called be-
cause upon being caught he exercises his dis
gust in that manner. after the fashion OF our
sense sIone-upon being lifted out OF the water.
Though the grunt Is not . success unsteady. his
unsurpSsssd a. an art exhibit. His general
color Is golden, with delicate, silky, blue lines
lH1r1oaainSs his lfHs saE is a tFG sroad N'f orown no band salt
and his nns are touched with brown
: ss b sss sd .Sssimi He a. L the aqus sRall Of t'ia;
about ten inches long. Almost as beautiful and
more NOR s sRu 81. an, IN stE.s . are the , 9E.dss' rom or four 9To
large bright brown spots with white rims, one
on each side OF the nsh near the tail, These
look very like large wide-open eyes, and. as the
appearance is that Of four eyes. Around the
This 1sh is q a 6risht yeliowish hue and very
handsome. The shape is almost circular. the
diameter Of the circle being about six inches.
Another oeautiful Dish Is a surgeon OF an in
digu blue hue, called the tang. There has been
for some time one surgeon Dish in the Aquarium,
but IL II not OF this VARIETY, The 1sh ia called sur
geou because Of the forceps-like tail. The yellow
tail is another gay specimen OF what the Ber-
muda waters can turn out in the impressionistic
line. This 10 Q small pale nsh with . beautiful
EOlaen band running IsneEhwiss nom the head
these in the latest consignment.
Beauty Is not the strong point OF the cray. two
ed tank. To be sure. the crays have ornamental
crimson legs. but their shape and habits are
Of an ordinary tree fungus. If he had claws the
cray would be a very fair lobster. but he hasn't.
like soup plates, showing where the claws start
ed to grow but decided not to. The antenne are
ton for the cray to thrust these antenne for
ward and upward. and then sit quietly contem-
ready TO move he can go in either direction. but
he so seldom develops enough energy to start
In a tank by himself polses The set porcupins,
who is shaped IKE a paper bag with a small
simply ratiins up his fur. He has Drotaberanis
eyes with which he stares fxedly at any object
that happens to be directly in front OF his ru1i-
mentary nose. His color is a dirty notified
brown. and he may be good. but he certainly
isn't beautiful. a few hundred spread over the
bottom Just inside where the rollers break
at Couey Island would reduce all the bath
ing P%avflions TO begsary in a short space.
BeAifes these there are coneys. which are rein
tives OF the grouper. parrots, blue and green and
gold: and a crimson bellied parrot called the
%thumper; biseyed, brilliant squirrels with large
appetites; gray snappers, sea nemones. and
other specimens. When the newcomers are put
on exhibition in the wall tanks many OF these
tanks will look ike cases in which brilliant
butterflies are hittins about.