. A contribution to American thalassography : Three cruises of the United States Coast and geodetic survey steamer "Blake", in the gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. Blake (Steamer); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments. Fig. 195. — Sternoptyx organs ol sense occurring in different parts of the skin, usually on the head or upon the lateral lines; some of these may be, as has been suggested by Leydig, accessory eyes, or phosphorescent organs. The acces- sory eyes may perform the part of b
. A contribution to American thalassography : Three cruises of the United States Coast and geodetic survey steamer "Blake", in the gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. Blake (Steamer); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments. Fig. 195. — Sternoptyx organs ol sense occurring in different parts of the skin, usually on the head or upon the lateral lines; some of these may be, as has been suggested by Leydig, accessory eyes, or phosphorescent organs. The acces- sory eyes may perform the part of bull's-eyes, thus constituting, according to Dr. Giinther, " a very deadly trap for prey, one moment shining that it might attract the curiosity of some sim- ple fish ; then extinguished, the simple fish would fall an easy ; Some of the long filamentous organs are phosphores- cent, while others are merely 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 Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910; U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
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