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DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN 



CHAP. 



on the edge of the continental slope yielded some interesting 

 captures, especially several spotted eel larvae (leptocephali). 



*(l 



Fig. 57. — Two Deep-sea Fishes from Station 41. 



a. Sy?iaphobranchus pinnatus, Gron. Nat. size, 31 cm. 



b. Bathypterois dubius, Vaill. Nat. size, 17 cm. 



Deeper trawlings were impracticable. The captain sounded 

 in several places to try and find a spot where there was a chance 

 of trawling along the slope at a fairly uniform depth, but the 



Fig. 5S. 

 Leptocephalvs Co/ign 



■'ulgaris. 



slope was too steep, and we had to abandon the idea. The 

 only place where, according to the chart, there was any prospect 

 of trawling at so great a depth as 1000 metres was between the 



