Show PAPA FISH HAS HASTO TO GUARD EGGS Or Mama Fish Would Eat Them and nd Then Where'd the Anglers Be Fish eggs vary vary In size and form fonn those of the the eel being being- visible only through a a. powerful microscope The eggs of the shary and ray ar are deposited in a horny egg c case se Those hose of the bullhead are are spirally twisted while those of the ray are wh wheelbarrow shaped with four hari han han handles dies i All All fish s eggs egsa contain a food yolk jolk from which the early embryo is fed until he hei has grown S large enough to care for fer himself him him- i self When this yolk olk or food substance Is consumed the fish ish leaves the egg envelope and is said to be hatched They then begin to grow and so far M aA known they keep on growing as long Ions as they live But the life of ot of a fish ish Is very uncertain for he is constantly constant constant- ly sought victim of some larger relative relative rela rela- tive of the family The y young are cared for in ln various Carious wa ways The eggs of a catfish are attached attached at- at to the under surface of the fe oio fe- fe male With sea horses and pipefish a a pouch is formed in the skin and into it the f eggs are placed and hatched and there they remain until able to ca care for themselves The male sea catfish carries carries car car- ries the eggs In his mouth to protect them from r m the atta attacks s of the female Other species put their eggs In ln a a. gravel or sand nest over Ver which the male watches only spawn once in their lives and that at 4 years of age Ee So far as known they ey all d die soon afterwards The culture rt of fish has proved to be very profitable as many as a million trout fry being secured at atThe an outlay of for eggs The great possibilities can be seen when it is considered that a codfish has produced eggs in a single dingle season season sea sea- seal fl son 3 and that the Percentage of hatch and Progress of or growth are much greater under artificial conditions than when left I to the haz hazards G of nature |