Archive image from page 803 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 Fig. 545. a. Larva of Gastrostomiis bairdii (?). Nat. size, 4 cm. Station 64. b. Gastrosfomus bairdii. Gill and Ryd. Nat. size, cm. North Africa. The ones taken north of this line belong, according to Lea, to the following species :— Leptocephalus hrevirostris, the larva of the common eel. Leptocephalus Congri vulgaris
Archive image from page 803 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 Fig. 545. a. Larva of Gastrostomiis bairdii (?). Nat. size, 4 cm. Station 64. b. Gastrosfomus bairdii. Gill and Ryd. Nat. size, cm. North Africa. The ones taken north of this line belong, according to Lea, to the following species :— Leptocephalus hrevirostris, the larva of the common eel. Leptocephalus Congri vulgaris the larva of the conger eel. Leptocephalus Synaphobranchi phinafi, the larva of Synaphobranchus pinnatiis. Leptocephalus amphioxus, larva of an unknown species. Transition-stage from leptocephalus to ' j'oiing fish.' Station 53, 1300 metn Only one specimen of the last mentioned was taken at Station 8i off Newfoundland, so that we may say that the three first mentioned are the only ones observed north of the line indicated. The majority of individuals as well as of species were thus taken south of the Azores. The interest attached to this peculiar distribution of the leptocephali is greatly increased when we examine their dis-
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