. 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. Oceanography. CRUISES OF THE "MICHAEL SARS IOI by us in the Sargasso Sea near Station 50, and we succeeded in capturing eleven specimens belonging to the species Pimelepterus boschii and Lirus perciformis. At Station 62 we tried nine pelagic appliances at different depths on the night of 20th June. Our catches were very satisfactory at all depths, and much resembled those taken between the Canary Islands
. 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. Oceanography. CRUISES OF THE "MICHAEL SARS IOI by us in the Sargasso Sea near Station 50, and we succeeded in capturing eleven specimens belonging to the species Pimelepterus boschii and Lirus perciformis. At Station 62 we tried nine pelagic appliances at different depths on the night of 20th June. Our catches were very satisfactory at all depths, and much resembled those taken between the Canary Islands and the Azores. Fig. 88,-The smallest Larva In the UPPer laYerS there Were of the common Eel caught some extremely interesting leptoceph- BVxHcEm"''' all, including no fewer than eleven specimens of the common eel larvae Eel larvae. (Fig. %(&), 5 to centimetres long, showing that the little eel larvae are to be met with west as well as south of the Azores. We also found two individuals, only and centimetres long, of leptocephali belonging to the deep-sea fish Synapho- branchus pinnatus. This had previously only been met with in sizes approximating to the full-grown larva (10-13 cm.), of which we found several at the different stations ; but it was most interesting to come across such small (early) development stages of the species. At depths from 300 metres to 50 metres there were again the same colourless Cyclothone signata as well as silverv Argyropelecus, Stomias, and Chauliodus. We got, too, a new species of Ceratias. In the deepest hauls, below 500 metres, the forms were the same as in previous hauls. There was the little black fish, Cyclo- thone microdon, once more, red prawns (particularly Acanthe- phyra), red sagittae, dark - brown medusae [Atollci), large ostracods (Gigantocypris), and the same kinds of " rare" fish: Gastrostomies bairdii, Cyema atrum, Gonostoma grande, Dactylo- stomiaSy and several others. These numerous ho
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