The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 192
in a large pie at a gulp. Onthe end of its nose are two or three long spines,and on the tips of these are little tassels of flesh.The name angler was given to the fish because ithalf buries itself on the bottom among the weedsso that it is concealed, then plays the little tasselsin the water before… … THE MOONFISH. what deep water, and may grow to reach a largesize. There are other fishes that angle for theirdinner, and one in the Mediterranean Sea, thestar-gazer, runs a long, worm-like tongue out ofits mouth, which it wiggles and twists like aworm. The little fishes rush greedily to seize…
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