CHAP. I.] 



BERMUDAS TO MADEIRA. 



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of scales, but in lieu of these the surface of the skin is broken 

 up into hexagonal or rectangular areas, separated from one an- 

 other by dark lines, and covered with brilliant silvery pigment 

 dashed with various shades of bronze, or green, or steel-blue. 

 We have taken, in all, live or six species of these fishes in the 

 net when dredging or trawling. They certainly, however, do 

 not come from the bottom ; it seems probable that they are 

 caught in the net on its passage at some little distance below 

 the surface, where there is reason to believe that there is a con- 

 siderable development of a peculiar pelagic fauna. 



Fig. 2.—ScalpeUum rajiuin, Wvvili.e Thomson. Natural size. o. Males lodged withiu the 

 edge of the scutum. (No. 63.) 



On the ITtli the trawl was lowered at seven in the morning, 

 and in the afternoon a sounding was taken in 2850 fathoms. 



