Abstract
THE fine specimens of the “Orfe” presented by his Grace the Duke of Bedford to the International Fisheries Exhibition, and exhibited in one of the tanks of the Aquarium, fully deserve the notice of all interested in the culture of our freshwater fishes. They are some of a number which Lord Arthur Russell succeeded in importing from Wiesbaden in March, 1874, and which were placed in a pond at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire. Owing to the succession of cold summers these “Orfes” did not breed until last year, and we may hope that this season will also prove favourable. This species may now be considered as acclimatised, and will become a permanent acquisition to our ornamental waters.
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G., A. The Orfe, a Fish Recently Acclimatised in England . Nature 28, 304 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028304a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/028304a0