xviii ILLUSTRATIONS 



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44. — A Large Piece of Coral, Supporting a Host 

 OF Brilliantly Colored Seafans, Sponges, 

 Shells and other Organisms . . . 309 



45. — White-striped Angelfish, Holocanthus passer 



Valen. ....... 328 



46. — White-lined Triggerfish, Melichthys bispin- 



osus Gilbert ...... 328 



47. — A Blind Deep Sea Fish, Baihypterois sp., whose 

 Chief Contact with Life is by Means of 

 THE Long Tentacle-like Rays of the 

 Pectoral Fins ...... 329 



48, 49, 50. — Three New Species of Lantern- 

 bearing Sea Devils from Station 74 . 336 



51. — Pelican-Fish, Saccopharynx sp. . . . 337 



52. — A Silvery Snipe-Eel, Nemichthys sp. . . 337 



53. — A Living Sea-Devil, Melanocetus sp.. Photo- 

 graphed within a Minute of Capture. From 

 A Depth of 600 Fathoms .... 358 



54. — A Brotulid Fish Still Living after Having 



Been Brought up from a Half Mile Depth 358 



55. — Sorting a Rich Haul Brought up by the 

 Dredge from a Depth of 624 Fathoms at 

 Station 74 ..... . 359 



56. — Dusky Shark Caught One Hundred Miles 



OFF New York City ..... 374 



57. — A Deep Sea Shark, Eight Inches Long, from 



Over a Half Mile Depth at Station 74 . 374 



58. — A Sea-Devil with Luminescent Teeth . . 375 



