Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 314
ments, he has received thesurname darter. Belonging to the group whichbears this surname, there are, in the eastern half of theUnited States, about forty-seven species or kinds, the largest of which, whenfull grown,measuresonly aboutsix inches inlength, while the smallest species never reaches a… … Rainbow Darter. 286 A Book of Natural History to two and a half inches in length, and, like theother members of his family, has two fins on hisback; dorsal fins they are called by naturalists, thefront one of which contains ten short spines. Duringeight months of the year, the males and females…
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