}l6 CLASSIFIED RESUME OF ORGANISMS OBSERVED 



Family astronesthidae 



At 1 200 feet two Astronesthes were seen, close against 

 the glass and in the beam. One fish was head-on, and might 

 have been anything. The second, which was the larger, 

 slowly revolved, and I saw, not only the general shape, but, 

 like tinsel, the so-called luminous blotches. They may or 

 may not have been luminous, but in the light they glistened 

 like tin-foil. In the trawling nets we have taken no 

 Astronesthes above 1800 feet. 



Family chauliodontidae 



Seven Chauliodus appeared once at 1700 feet, all headed 

 in the same direction. Each was about seven inches long. 

 The eyes shone with a dull glow, from indirect photophore 

 light; their bodies were covered with multitudes of small 

 lights. One dashed toward me, and head-on I could dis- 

 tinguish the flash of long fangs, although I do not know 

 whence the illumination came. It turned, close to the 

 window, and for a second was silhouetted clearly, showing 

 the hexagonal scales, and the long dorsal filament, which 

 it raised and lowered nervously. The fish had every fin ex- 

 tended. The body outline and basal part of the vertical 

 fins were distinct. Yet the light did not come from its 

 lateral lights, nor from the lights of near-by organisms. 

 Young Chauliodus are frequently taken in the trawling 



