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equally interesting. They invariably contained black Cyclothone 

 microdon (see Plate L, Chapter X.), and different species of 

 red prawns in abundance. In addition there were many of the 

 rarer sorts of black-coloured fish, Photostomias, etc., mentioned 

 in the following pages, and dark brown medusae. Atolla, 



Fig. 65. ^Stalk-eyed Fish-larva. 



for instance, was especially characteristic, and so were red 

 chsetognaths, and at some stations red nemertines. 



Besides the commonest forms which are almost always found 



Fig. 66. — New Species of Leptocephalus. 



occurring at the same depths, we obtained something of special 

 interest at nearly every station. We can best illustrate this 

 perhaps by a brief description of our most noticeable finds at 



Yio, 67.— Two Black Fishes with many Phosphorescent Organs, sometimes found 



IN the Upper Layers at Night. 



a. Photosiomias gite}-nei, Coll. Nat. size, 17 cm. 



/'. Idiacanthi/s ferox, Gthr. Nat. size, 22 cm. 



the stations marked on the chart (Fig. 62), remarking only 

 that in their selection we have been guided by what we consider 

 the most interesting. 



At Station 45 we made a haul with seven appliances during 

 the night. In the upper 150 metres there was a quantity of 

 young fish (some of which were stalk- eyed ; see Fig. 65), 



