Station 2*2, 
Organism* from 
Surface-Nets. 
160 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
At 9.30 a.m. shortened tiud furled sails, and got up steam to sound. Sounded in 
1120 fathoms. At noon obtained a series of temperatures at intervals of 100 fathoms 
down to tin- bottom. At 12.20 ?.M. put trawl over and veered 2400 fathoms. At 2 p.m. 
jollyboat with naturalists away collecting surface animals. At 5.15 p.m. commenced 
h aving in trawl, which came up at 8 p.m. with the beam broken ; it contained a small 
black fish. 
Distance at noon from Sombrero Island, 30 miles. Made good 84 miles. Amount 
of current 6 miles, direction N. G2° W. 
Surface Organisms. — Large quantities of Oscillatoriacese are recorded from the surface, 
and naturalists in a boat captured some pelagic Actiniae ( Plotuctis ?), and three young 
Plectognathous fish ( Tetrodon ). 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the surface 
between Tenerife and St. Thomas, the exact date being doubtful : — 
Amphipoda (Stebbing, Zool. pt. 67). 
Aiichylomera sp. (?). 
Schizopada (Sars, Zool. pt. 37). 
Siridla thompsoni (M. -Edwards). 
Macrura (Spence Bate, Zool. pt. 52). 
Sergcstes atlanticus, M. -Edwards. 
„ parvidens, n.sp. 
Pelagic Hemiptera (White, Zool. pt. 19). 
JTdobates wtitterstorfi, Frauenfeld. 
Cephalopoda (Iloyle, Zool. pt. 44). 
Tremoctopus atlanticus (d’Orbigny), Stcenstrup. 
Fishes (Gunther, Zool. pt. 78). 
Xiphias gladius , Linnd. 
Cubiceps gracilis, Lowe. 
1* senes cyanophrys, C. V. 
Antenna nus inarrnoratus, Gunther. 
Sapelus coccoi (Cocco). 
Fund ulus niyro/asciatus , Lesucur. 
llemirhamphus sp. (?). 
Murtena sp. (?). 
Tetrodon sp. (?). 
