Open AccessThe Food of Fishes
Author(s) -
Stephen Alfred Forbes
Publication year - 1903
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v1i3.455
Subject(s) - notice , fish <actinopterygii> , value (mathematics) , subject (documents) , fishery , mathematics , computer science , biology , library science , political science , statistics , law
In a paper on the food of Illinois fishes published in the second bulletin of this Laboratory, the subject vvas treated in a general and cursory manner, the amount of material upon which that paper was based being insufficient for exact or detailed description. The favor with which that preliminary notice was received, has made it possible to undertake a more serious investigation; and this paper contains an account of the food of the Acanthopteri of the State which I believe to be nearly or quite sufficient for the student of science and for the practical fish culturist. lt is still necessary only to study the food of specimens under a half-inch length and to test the value of the general conclusions reached by occasional examinations of fishes taken from other waters at other seasons of the year.