FUN WITH THE WIND
THE STRANGE MUDFISH
When next you go to the Exhibition, among the many interesting things you may see are the fish that live in the mud. . '/■'•/■ :
The mudfish belongs to a tribe of somewhat primitive fishes living itt fresh water, and found only in the Southern Hemisphere. In appearance it is like a small eel, and is muddy brown in colour., Its home is in swampy pools. When the pools dry tip in summer the mudfish hibernates deep down in the mudj,
returning to the surface with the.a Apr^ r proach of mor.e congenial s conditions^ Some have been found six feet deep inf clay, probably having followed a chan* nel left by a decayed stem or root '^
Two mudfish found not long ago^iafe a swamp drain were six inches longc and an inch and a half wide. Formerly}* the mudfish was found all over New 7*' Zealand, but it is becoming rare as th«> drainage of swamps to make farm landk destroys its natural surroundings. '* ~
From time to time workmen shovel* ling out the mud in the bottom of dr# ditches come across these qUaint fisKes^ remarkable for their ability to exist", for long periods out of water. - . •-?
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 59, 9 March 1940, Page 17
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203FUN WITH THE WIND Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 59, 9 March 1940, Page 17
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