. Fishes. Fishes. The Mythology of Fishes 51 The Bishop-fish.—"I have seen a portrait of another sea- monster at Rome, whither it had been sent with letters that affirmed for certain that in 1531 one had seen this monster in a bishop's garb, as here portrayed, in Poland. Carried to the king of that country, it made certain signs that it had a great desire to return to the sea. Being taken thither it threw itself instantly into the ; The Sea-serpent.—A myth of especial persistency is that of the sea-serpent. Most of the stories of this creature are sea- man's yarns, sometimes ba
. Fishes. Fishes. The Mythology of Fishes 51 The Bishop-fish.—"I have seen a portrait of another sea- monster at Rome, whither it had been sent with letters that affirmed for certain that in 1531 one had seen this monster in a bishop's garb, as here portrayed, in Poland. Carried to the king of that country, it made certain signs that it had a great desire to return to the sea. Being taken thither it threw itself instantly into the ; The Sea-serpent.—A myth of especial persistency is that of the sea-serpent. Most of the stories of this creature are sea- man's yarns, sometimes based on a fragment of wreck, a long strip of kelp, the power of sug- gestion or the incitement of alcohol. But certain of these tales relate to real fishes. The sea-serpent with an uprearing red mane like that of a horse is the oarfiish (Regalecus), a long, slender, fragile fish com- pressed like a ribbon and reaching a length of 25 feet. We here present a photograph of an oarfish (Regalecus rus- selli) stranded on the Cali- fornia coast at Newport in Orange County, California. A figure of a European species (Regalecus glesne) is also given showing the fish in its uninjured condition. Another reputed sea-serpent is the frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus angineus), which has been occasionally noticed by seamen. The struggles of the great killer (Orca orca) with the whales it attacks and destroys has also given rise to stories of the whale struggling in the embrace of some huge sea-monster. This description is correct, but the mammal is a monster itself, a relative of the whale and not a Fig. 111.—"Le monstre marin en habit d' ; (After Rondelet.). 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 Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. Holt and Company
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