Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries . u Bull. U S B- F. 1904. Plate O itO 3 u CULTIVATION OF MAKINK AND FRESH-WATER ANIMALS IN JAPAN. 269 fish, when fully grown, arc apt to strike their eyes against the sides of the ponds,tubs, etc., in which they arc kept, and to injure them so that they often becomeblind. In nature, therefore, such a protuding eye must be a distinct disadvantage,and would never have been produced except by artificial selection. 7. The dem^-ranchu (cut -i). This variety is not yet naturalized in Japan,having been imported from China only within the last two or three year
Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries . u Bull. U S B- F. 1904. Plate O itO 3 u CULTIVATION OF MAKINK AND FRESH-WATER ANIMALS IN JAPAN. 269 fish, when fully grown, arc apt to strike their eyes against the sides of the ponds,tubs, etc., in which they arc kept, and to injure them so that they often becomeblind. In nature, therefore, such a protuding eye must be a distinct disadvantage,and would never have been produced except by artificial selection. 7. The dem^-ranchu (cut -i). This variety is not yet naturalized in Japan,having been imported from China only within the last two or three years. Of allthe extraordinary and odd-looking fishes, it certainly is far in the lead in manyrespects, and is interesting as showing how far man can proceed in modifyingnature. It is a telescope-fish with a short globular body resembling the ranchu,and, like it. without the dorsal fin. The eyes have assumed a most extraordinaryposition. The ordinary telescope-fish is odd enough, with the eyes protruding, but in
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