BUTTERFLY COD
Describing sOmfi of tho ifroiidorful creatures which live in the still waters of a cornl lagoon, Mr, W. Jj. Puxlcy, in the "White Star Magazine," says! —"By far the moat mamllous of thoin sill is the butterfly cod, and until I had seen one of them I had never frnagmcd anything so strango. I had trcard oi" it from tho natives, but at last—off Lord frdwe Island—l saw oho of them. Tho creature was striped with red, yellow, and. blfiok, whilo its long fing Were prolonged into quills and tho body colours Wore continued to tho tipß of the Jins. It liftd a tail like white gtttize, being quite transparent, with black spotsi and as tho fiih tnovnd tho tail fell oi,'et its body itt folds like a veil, whilo from its mouth hung long red filaments with tassel* at tho ends; ilnd as the fish floated theso apAondaeeg floated with tt.»' ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 140, 10 December 1931, Page 20
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BUTTERFLY COD
Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 140, 10 December 1931, Page 20
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