. 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. 32 THREE CRUISES OF THE " BLAKE.' Antennarius (Fig. 211), has become adapted to life on the bottom, and is found nearly down to the hundred-fathom line. Chaunax pictus, a closely related genus, was taken by the " Blake>: in 288 fathoms. The Ceratiidse are the only pedi
. 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. 32 THREE CRUISES OF THE " BLAKE.' Antennarius (Fig. 211), has become adapted to life on the bottom, and is found nearly down to the hundred-fathom line. Chaunax pictus, a closely related genus, was taken by the " Blake>: in 288 fathoms. The Ceratiidse are the only pedicu- lates which are exclusively and characteristically abyssal. Me- lanocetus, a deep-sea Lophius in appearance, ranges from 360 to 1,850 fathoms; the " Blake " took it in 992 fathoms. The Alepocephalida3, the Halosauridae (Fig. 213), and Chau- liontidse (Fig. 214). are families which have become perma-. Fig. 215. —Ipnops Murrayi. About \. nent residents on the bottom. To the former belongs Alepo- cephalus Agassizii (Fig. 212), a magnificent fish which attains a length of at least three feet, is covered with silvery scales, and is noted for its large eyes; while allied to the scopelids, but inhabitants of deep water, belong certain genera, as Ipnops ( 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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