San Juan Record | 1937-05-20 | Page 3 | The Tree Fish

the tree fish among the strange creatures in australia is the mudskipper it swims walks on land wh why y it even climbs trees the fish found in rivers oi 01 northern queensland are generally about 10 inches long A real freak of nature they have lungs in addition to gills their thick front fins are about the shape and size of frogs legs on these they walk A mudskipper usually goes ashore pursued by a crab its mortal enemy to escape it ascends the roots oi of n mangrove tree many of which grow near the shore thus it gets another name mangrove fish