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of this fish which inhabit the dimly-lit layers of the ocean 

 trom 200 to 1,000 fathoms deep, the deep-sea anglers. 

 In many of these the little lure at the end of the rod is 

 phosphorescent and lures the unwary to their death, 

 as did the wreckers on our coasts in days gone by (Plate 36) . 

 We can well imagine that, owing to the tremendous area 

 over which these deep-sea anglers can roam in the open 

 ocean, the chances of a male and female meeting are rather 



Fig. i6.- 



-Native drawing of a sucking fish, or Remora, attached to a canoe 

 (after Haddon). 



small. To overcome this there is a most remarkable pro- 

 vision. Females have been found carrying fused to their 

 bodies tiny dwarfed husbands. It seems probable that 

 while the males are still fairly numerous soon after they 

 are bom, before they have had time to be thinned out by 

 their enemies, they fasten on to the first lady they can 

 find, and there they stay for the rest of their Uves. Thsy 

 become completely fused to their partners and lose all their 



