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for them to lie out here, where, oii the other haud, the German steam-trawlers 

 often come to fish for haddocks and hakes. 



Of other fishes which were found ou the mixed deposits, we meet prett}' 

 often : 



The cat-fish, the dragenets [Callionymns maculatus), the gurnard, 

 the skate, and the hag, which hitter is very common, like the sharks which 

 are roaraiug about everywhere. 



Once also Lmnpenus lampetriformis has been found here. 



Gobies have not been found out here, to be sure, liut on tlie empty 

 shells of the large Isocardia cor, which is also found here alive, their eggs are 

 pretty often seen, originating most likely from the a):)Ove raeutioned Aphya 

 peUucida. 



Among the lower aniraals we must especially mention the great numbers 

 of Brissopsis and Sea-feathers {Penncdidn pliosphorea); also the Serpent- 

 star [AmpMura filifornm) and large specimens of Asterias rnhens are vere 

 common. Nephrops norvegiais which is rather common out here, may perhaps 

 get some pecuniary value; it is very tasty, but there is the drawback that it 

 dies immediately after it is.caught. The largest spawners are rarely more than 

 61/2 inches long, while the milters most frequently are 6 — 8 inches, sometimes 

 nearly 9 inches long. 



j8. The Clay Channels. (30 — 60 Fathoms). 



The Journal-immbers 86, 87, and partly 113, aml the stations 88 & 27 near the boundary-line. 



On these, the deepest soft clay-deposits, whose horizontal extension is 

 very limited, we find rather a poor fauna; particularly, we meet but few fishes 

 of any pecuniary value. 



Our fishermen go out here very rarely, and it is not often either that 

 the steam-trawlers visit the deepest regions, where they will get a much poorer 

 catch than ou the clay plains. The Swedish fishermen, nevertheless, lie here 

 pretty often, setting their hooks, with which they catch large cod, haddocks, 

 and, it is said, lings [Molva). 



On this locality therc live but few species of flat-fishes, and among them 

 none of the valuable ones. 



The pole dab (PI. cynoglossus) certainly occurs, but it is by no means 

 common. 



