. Chimæroid fishes and their development. Fishes; Chimaeridae. 14 CHIM^ROID FISHES AND TlIEIR DEVELOPMENT. that it descends to very considerable ; The writer has taken it in water of less than 5 fathoms in Puget Sound, and he obtained a specimen caught from the Monterey wharf in water of about 3 fathoms. He also secured over a score of immature specimens (measuring about 30 cm.) from a single haul of a seine along a shore reach near Port Townsend, at a depth not greater than 2 fathoms. It is known, furthermore, that egg-cases of this species are plentiful in shallow water. C. />
. Chimæroid fishes and their development. Fishes; Chimaeridae. 14 CHIM^ROID FISHES AND TlIEIR DEVELOPMENT. that it descends to very considerable ; The writer has taken it in water of less than 5 fathoms in Puget Sound, and he obtained a specimen caught from the Monterey wharf in water of about 3 fathoms. He also secured over a score of immature specimens (measuring about 30 cm.) from a single haul of a seine along a shore reach near Port Townsend, at a depth not greater than 2 fathoms. It is known, furthermore, that egg-cases of this species are plentiful in shallow water. C. />/ianfasi/ia -^nd C. (jov'/^r/also occur in relatively shallow water, /. c, respectively from 10 to 50 and from 22 to 150 fathoms. It appears, further, that Callorhyn- chus is sometimes taken in \vater of no great depth. (Thus Plate records having dredged off the coast of Chile an egg-capsule in water of 10 fathoms.) It follows, therefore, that in the matter of vertical distribution Chimjeroids are not widely different from Fig. 3. — Sketch ot the region ot Monterey, Cal., showing the location of the fishing-ground for Chimaera. Returning to the habitat of C. collici: It can safely be said that this species is more abundant in shallow water in Puget Sound than at similar depths on the California coast—in this regard paralleling several other fishes as w'ell as inverte- brates. It is nevertheless true that in the region of Monterey specimens were often taken in water shallower than 15 fathoms ; but experience demonstrated that the greatest number of individuals could be fished in water of 60 fathoms. It was also found that in somewhat deeper water, 60 to 120 fathoms, females, although less. 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 Dean, Bashford, 1867-1928. Washington, D. C. , Carnegie Ins
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