Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1899 — Fish with an Elastic Stomach. [ARTICLE]

Fish with an Elastic Stomach.

The good old rule that a receptacle must be larger than its contents finds apparent refutation in the case of the chiasmodon, a fish popularly known as "the black swallower.” It is noted for its voracity and for the enormous distensibility of its stomach, which permits it to swallow fishes larger than itself.