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IN May last the writer dug a tank within the premises at Garden Reach. About the end of July it was stocked with young fish of several kinds, among others a species of carp, called by the natives “Katlah,” which abounds in the turbid waters of the Hooghly, within the range of the tides. The fry varied from half an inch to an inch in length, some even smaller. The “Kutlah” does not breed in fresh water, but attains an extraordinary size in a wonderfully short time in ponds. So very rapid has been the increase of the fish in question, that the fact seems worthy of chronicle in the pages of NATURE. On Sept. 22, the tank was swept with nets to catch one or two fish of the pike species that had been introduced accidentally with the others, and attained a size that rendered them dangerous to the fry of other kinds. In the net several dozens of the “carp “referred to were taken ; one of the largest weighed 14 oz , and measured 11 inches from the end of the upper lip to the tip of the tail, 1 3/4 inches thick behind the shoulder, and 3 1/2 inches in breadth ; the others were only one or two ounces lighter.
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MITCHELL, R. Observations on Fish. Nature 13, 107 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/013107c0
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