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Still, we succeeded in making some small catches of the animals 

 that live on the bank, including soles and megrims [Solea and 

 Arnoglossus lophotes), gurnard, weevers, monkfish, a large 





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Fig. 56. 

 a. Pagrus vulgaris, Cuv. et Val. Nat. size, 50 cm. 

 h. MurcBna helena, L. Nat. size, 102 cm. 



[a and b from Station 38, tj metres — about 40 fathoms.) 

 c. Centrisciis scolopax, L. Station 39, 267-280 metres. 



beautifully-coloured muraena i^Murcsna helena), and a number 

 of skates. At Station 39 (see Fig, 56, c) in 267-280 metres of 

 water, we were more successful, catching a quantity of spiny- 

 finned fish (Dentex, Pag^'its, Scorpcrna, Trigla), hake and 

 skates, and quite a number of deep-water fish. A pelagic haul 



