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DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN 



that I can here only with great reserve say something about 

 my prehminary impressions. It seems as if most of the 

 specimens belong to the family Scopelidse, which is repre- 

 sented in great num- 

 .-^^^ bers. Even young 



stages develop light- 

 organs (see Fig. 538), 

 the arrangement and 

 numbers of which, 

 according to Brauer, 

 are so regular that 

 specific distinctions 

 may be based upon them. Secondly, there are many inter- 

 esting and peculiar forms, stalk-eyed larvse (see Fig. 539) of 



Fig. 538. 

 Myctophum rissoi, Cocco. Nat. size, 



1.5 mm. 



Fig. 539. 

 Stalk-eyed fish larva. Nat. size, 0.9 cm. 



various species being present. We have also excellent series 

 of perfectly transparent forms with large telescopic eyes (see 



Fig. 540. 

 New fish, resembling Dysomma. Nat. size, 8.5 cm. 



Fig. 540, representing one of a series of stages belonging to a 

 near ally of the genus Dysornmd). 



I was very anxious during our cruise to see If the pelagic 

 appliances would yield any widely distributed young fish 



