326 CLASSIFIED RESUME OF ORGANISMS OBSERVED 



which was seen seven different times all the way down to 

 600 feet. From 200 downward it appeared either as pure 

 white, or as white with eight jet black bands. One indi- 

 vidual at 100 feet was swimming underneath a small puppy 

 shark. A foot-long Caranx ruber, with blue along its sides, 

 was recognized at 490 feet, and two Seriola zonata once 

 appeared at 700 feet. 



Family lutianidae 



Snappers were seen at 400 and 500 feet. The upper one 

 I identified without doubt as Ocyurus chrysurus. 



Order plectognathi 



One, two-mch triggerfish was seen at 100 feet. It had 

 alternate black and white bands from snout to tail. 



Small puffers, from one to four inches in length, were 

 observed at 400, 500, and 600 feet. At the lowest level half 

 a dozen passed, swimming together, one of the six being 

 swollen up. These were quite unlike any of their group 

 which are known to me. 



Order pediculati 



Eight pediculates were seen between 1200 and 2470 feet; 

 they ranged in length from one and one-half inches to two 

 feet. No well-developed specimen has been taken in our 



