Archive image from page 750 of The depths of the ocean. The depths of the ocean : a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceangen00murr Year: 1912 GENERAL BIOLOGY 697 large fishes which, like the sunfish, have a layer of blubber round their body, and may be seen floating at the surface, the dorsal fin above the water (see Fig. 507). The organs of floating have previously been described and Fig. 507. Mola rottmda, to show the thick fat covering under the skin. figu
Archive image from page 750 of The depths of the ocean. The depths of the ocean : a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceangen00murr Year: 1912 GENERAL BIOLOGY 697 large fishes which, like the sunfish, have a layer of blubber round their body, and may be seen floating at the surface, the dorsal fin above the water (see Fig. 507). The organs of floating have previously been described and Fig. 507. Mola rottmda, to show the thick fat covering under the skin. figured (see the Copepoda in Figs. 416-418, and the radiolaria and foraminifera with siliceous and calcareous spines and filiform pseudopodia, pp. 146-153). Of special interest to us, however, is the oceanic fauna, the members of which are remarkable for their small size, and in this fauna the fishes especially appeal to us. The whole tauna
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