. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 36 were juvenile. (Dr, Gilbert L. Voss, personal communication. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Miami, reported that the adult female of the blanket octopus reaches a length of 3 to 5 feet.). Fig. 2 - The R/V Discoverer on ATEX. Flyingfish, Exocoetidae. became abundant on the second night and remained plentiful throughout the cruise; literally thousands of them thumped against the hull of the ship during some of the nightly observation per- iods. As we drifted SW, we encountered in- creasing numbers of young flyingfish until the
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 36 were juvenile. (Dr, Gilbert L. Voss, personal communication. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Miami, reported that the adult female of the blanket octopus reaches a length of 3 to 5 feet.). Fig. 2 - The R/V Discoverer on ATEX. Flyingfish, Exocoetidae. became abundant on the second night and remained plentiful throughout the cruise; literally thousands of them thumped against the hull of the ship during some of the nightly observation per- iods. As we drifted SW, we encountered in- creasing numbers of young flyingfish until the vessel reached about 10° N. 43° W. From then on, the majority caught were very small- - only 1 or 2 inches long. Adult dolphin Cory- phaena spp., actively fed on the flyingfish. Lanternfish, Myctophidae. were collected in moderate numbers every night. Almost as fast as they reached the surface, they were eaten by large squid and 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 United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States. Bureau of Commericial Fisheries. [Washington] : National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt. Print. Off. ]
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