CLASSIFIED RESUME OF ORGANISMS OBSERVED 3 I 5 



lights. I think the fish turned tail on, for a moment later 

 every light vanished in total eclipse. 



1700 feet. Three, six-inch. Black with pale yellow lights. 



1780 feet. One, three-inch. Quite deep and rounded. Cheek- 

 light as large as an American penny. A pale greenish glow 

 surrounded it the whole time the fish was in sight. Re- 

 sembled BatJjophilus brevis. 



1800 feet. Several. Double rows of lateral lights distinct. 



1800 feet. One. Subocular organ lighted up the eye. The body 

 had irregular, luminous lines. 



1 8 10 feet. Three, eigh teen-inch. Lamprotoxus, without ques- 

 tion. The irregular, lightning-like line around the side was 

 distinct. Whether from reflection, I do not know, but the 

 whole interior of the lateral loop seemed dully luminous. 

 A fourth fish, which may have been of the same species, 

 was glimpsed. 



2050 feet. One. A single brilliant scarlet light on the head. 



2100 feet. Two large, elongate. Barracuda-like fish, larger than 

 any others seen. They passed within eight feet, and were 

 fully six feet long. No lights visible on head, yet eye was 

 clearly distinct, and outline faintly. A single row of strong, 

 pale blue lights along body. Mouth and fangs illumined 

 either by mucus or by indirect internal lights on branchl- 

 ostegals. General shape of Barracuda, with deeper jaws 

 open all the time. There were two barbels, each with two, 

 separate, luminous bodies, the anterior more red than the 

 posterior. These twitched and jerked along beneath the 

 fish. One undoubtedly arose from a mental base, the other 

 so far back that its origin must have been from the anal 

 fin. I have given these fish the name Bathysph^ra intacta. 



2100 feet. Two, twelve-inch. Elongate. Large cheek lights and 

 two lateral series, the organs apparently under control. One 

 fish lighted up the other, then both were illumined. 



2500 feet. Two. 



2750 feet. One. Eight-inch. Very deep body. One light at each 

 end. Noted by Barton. 



