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THE fortieth annual report of the New York Zoological Society (June 1936) contains a report on the aquarium, written by the assistant director, Mr. Charles M. Breder, jun. There has been much activity both in improving equipment and collecting fishes and invertebrates for the aquarium. Besides this, many fishes have been hatched, including whitefish, Chinook salmon, rainbow trout and muskallunge, and the young handed over to the New York City Water Department for distribution in public waters. Studies on the nature of electrical energy discharged by such fishes as the electric eel were continued by Mr. Coates. After many experiments, it was found that the electricity discharged by an eel could be made to light a neon tube, and this led to a daily demonstration for the benefit of the public. Mr. Breder himself is studying details of reproductive habits of fishes, including five species of sunfish, the stickleback, Apeltes quadracus, and the catfish, Villarius catus, and has published several papers on this subject. Besides work by the staff, a number of visitors have made use of the aquarium facilities during the year.
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The Aquarium of the New York Zoological Society. Nature 138, 965 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138965a0
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