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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  )tograph 
  by 
  Angel 
  Rubio 
  

  

  BROUGHT 
  TO 
  THE 
  NET: 
  A 
  HAUL 
  OF 
  FISH 
  PHOTOGRAPHED 
  JUST 
  BELOW 
  THE 
  SURPACE 
  

  

  OP 
  A 
  TROPICAL 
  SEA 
  

  

  The 
  fecundity 
  of 
  certain 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  is 
  amazing. 
  For 
  example, 
  a 
  6-pound 
  mackerel 
  

   produces 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  million 
  eggs 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  while 
  a 
  77-pound 
  cod 
  produces 
  more 
  than 
  

   nine 
  million 
  eggs 
  (see 
  text, 
  page 
  27). 
  

  

  