BARENTS SEA IN AUGUST, 1907. 



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damaged, sometimes half, and even the whole, of it being missing, and 

 the record was only kept to show the great frequency with which this 

 damaged condition occurred. T am strongly inclined to agree v/ith the 

 fishermen, wlio noticed this feature in the previous year, and to 

 attribute it to the depredations of the Greenland shark {Laemargus 

 microcephalus), which without a doubt includes the plaice in its diet 

 (see p. 97). If this is the case, the fact that nearly 2h per cent of the 

 fish in my samples were in this condition is significant, and shows that 



frequencies of plaice measured on hoard 

 Sea, August, 1 907 ; classified according 



Totals 23 2078 45 2146 



Length. 

 cm. 



24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 37 

 38 

 39 



40 

 41 

 42 

 43 

 44 

 45 

 46 

 47 

 48 

 49 

 60 

 51 

 52 

 53 

 54 

 55 

 56 

 57 

 58 

 59 

 60 

 61 

 62 

 63 

 64 

 65 

 73 



Immature. Mature. 

 1 



1 

 3 

 2 



1 

 5 

 9 



8 

 12 

 15 

 18 

 16 

 18 

 11 

 19 



1 



4 



12 



26 



51 



77 



87 



109 



168 



168 



186 



178 



175 



140 



132 



104 



86 



60 



62 



32 



28 



19 



7 



7 



5 



6 



3 



2 



4 



1 



1 

 2 



2 



5 

 14 

 17 

 19 



28 



37 



31 



23 



16 



18 



10 



3 



5 



4 



1 



2 



1 



Total. 

 1 



1 



3 



2 



1 



5 

 10 



8 

 13 

 17 

 21 

 21 

 33 

 32 

 50 



67 



104 



113 



117 



126 



189 



178 



189 



183 



179 



141 



134 



105 



86 



60 



62 



32 



28 



19 



7 



7 



5 



6 



3 



2 



4 



1 



Totals 184 1941 240 2365 



