Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1891 — The Tile Fish. [ARTICLE]

The Tile Fish.

An astonishing instance of the extinction of a species is found in the case, of tlei’ tfle fish, which was first found, so-f a*r as science is aware, by vessels fishing for cod a few years ago in witters south of Long Island. Thie fish grew to be forty pounds in weightand was very palatable, so- shat the Fish Commission thought that it might be propagated and rendered most valuable for food purposes. Unfortunately, just as the commission was on the point of beginning operations with this end in view, a x easel coming in reported that it had run across, a.t a considerable distance out from land, great quantities of fioating fishes, most of which were tile fish. From that time until now not one tile fish has ever been seen, so that evidently the entire species was wiped out at one fell swoop. One theory entertained is that an Arctic current, bearing icebergs, eame unusually near the shore and suddenly reduced the temperature of the water to such a low point tlia 'J the tile fish were all killed,