Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 308, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1910 — Thirty New Species of Fish. [ARTICLE]

Thirty New Species of Fish.

The wild* of Africa are just beginning to be accessible to the naturalist. The country le sufficiently broken In the interior now to allow a man to study at his leisure without the constant horror of the unknown hanging over him. The latest expedition Into the Anfola country of West Africa has brought forth 30 new species of fish hitherto entirely unknown to the scientific world. Dr. W. J. Ansorger brought back to the British museum more than 1,000 specimens of all, and, of course, the vast ichthyological world still unexplored lies as a tempting bait to other students since the possibilities of the dark continent are just beginning to be appreciated. " When it becomes possible to explore methodically every corner of the great interior the biologists, mineralogists, and all the others In the field . of science will doubtless make finds that will supply material for volumes.