. 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. Oceanography. IX PELAGIC ANIMAL LIFE 633 the fry of the horse mackerel, the young of Scombresox saurus (a near relation of the gar-pike), and of the flying fish (Exocoetus). These forms were with one exception observed only in our southern section. A peculiar group of fishes are the Sargasso fish, which live ^rgasso on or around the Sargasso weed. We found Antennarius marmoratus, Syngnathus pelagicus, Hippocam
. 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. Oceanography. IX PELAGIC ANIMAL LIFE 633 the fry of the horse mackerel, the young of Scombresox saurus (a near relation of the gar-pike), and of the flying fish (Exocoetus). These forms were with one exception observed only in our southern section. A peculiar group of fishes are the Sargasso fish, which live ^rgasso on or around the Sargasso weed. We found Antennarius marmoratus, Syngnathus pelagicus, Hippocamptts ramulosus, and Monacanthus, together with a peculiar Sargasso fauna, including small crabs {Planes minutus) and small prawns of several kinds. Fig. 479.—Distribution of Salpa zonaria. (see Plates V. and VI., Chapter X.). But besides the Sargasso fish various remarkable forms occur in the surface waters of the ocean, such as the " wreck-fish," Lirus medusopkagus and L. ovalis, Polyprion americanus, and the pilot fish [Naucrates ductor), taken by us to the south of the Azores, where salpae and large medusae were present in such numbers, as well as the enormous sunfish (Mo/a), harpooned due north of the Azores. A community nearly as peculiar as the Sargasso fauna exists in the north-eastern corner of the area investigated by us, extending from the Azores to Ireland and thence to Rockall. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Murray, John, Sir, 1841-1914; Hjort, Johan, 1869-. London Macmillan
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