. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 154 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES concave in profile, the mouth so large that it gapes back of the eye, the lower jaw projecting, the eye very small, and the gill opening very long. The dorsal fin stands over the anal (the latter is much the longer of the two), both originating close behind the middle of the body. The caudal fin is deeply forked and there is no adipose fin. Color.âCyclothone signata is colorless or a pale gray, except that the blackish, dark silvery lining of the a
. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Fisheries -- United States; Fish-culture -- United States. 154 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES concave in profile, the mouth so large that it gapes back of the eye, the lower jaw projecting, the eye very small, and the gill opening very long. The dorsal fin stands over the anal (the latter is much the longer of the two), both originating close behind the middle of the body. The caudal fin is deeply forked and there is no adipose fin. Color.âCyclothone signata is colorless or a pale gray, except that the blackish, dark silvery lining of the abdominal cavity shows through, that the phosphorescent organs are black rimmed and silver centered, and that there are the following black markings, viz: A Y-shaped mark on the forehead, a series of spots or short trans- verse stripes on the flank, spots between the bases of the dorsal and anal fin rays, one or two transverse streaks across the bases of the caudal rays, and a number of irregular flecks and dots along the back and on the gill ;â 78 General range.âThis is an oceanic fish, very abundant in temperate latitudes in the Atlantic where it lives pelagic from about 100 down to about 250 fathoms, hundreds having often been taken in a single haul. It is also known from the Pacific. Occurrence in the Gulf of Maine.âCyclothone appears within our limits only as a stray from the Atlantic Basin, one 23 mm. long taken in a haul from 30 fathoms. Fig. 63.âCyclothone {Cyclothone signata). After Brauer on Browns Bank, June 24, 1915, and a second mutilated specimen probably of this species from the Fundy Deep (haul from 90 fathoms), March 22, 1920, being the only definite records. THE LANCETFISHES. FAMILY ALEPISAURIDiE The lancetfishes have a very high dorsal fin and a small adipose fin like that of salmon or smelt, a deeply forked caudal, a short anal, large pointed pectorals and ventrals, and a wide mouth with large teeth. Several species are known, all belonging t
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