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Depth 

 (fms.) 



50-250 

 251-300 

 301-350 

 351-400 

 401-450 

 451-500 

 501-550 

 551-600 

 601-650 

 651-700 

 701-750 



Table I. 



Total 

 Hauls 



Hauls from off Southern Nova Scotia to Virginia 

 Containing Alepocephalids 



76 

 18 

 22 

 15 



During the experimental cruises that were carried out from the Woods Hole 

 Oceanographic Institution by Mr. William C. Schroeder on the dragger Capn. Bill ii 

 in 1 952-1 953 along the continental slope of North America between the offings of 

 southern Nova Scotia and Virginia, the shallowest haul that brought up an alepoce- 

 phalid was at 251—350 fms.' Alepocephalids, however, of one kind or another were 

 taken in more than a third of the hauls from deeper than 351—400 fms. and in all 

 of the hauls from deeper than 500 fms., as shown in Table i, contributed by Mr. 

 Schroeder. 



A detailed account of the family is unavoidably postponed until a subsequent 

 volume. The general appearance of typical members is represented in the accompanying 

 outline drawings (Fig. 60, 6 1 a). 



I. A depth of "68" fms. given by Goode and Bean for Concara macroptera should read 687 fms. (2: 40); see 

 Townsend (6: 403). 



