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As soon as the ship was safely at anchor off Tagus Cot®, following 
the Neptune party, the fishermen put off# An interesting lot of fish were 
found here. The President's bottom fishing in the cove, among other species, 
gathered in the first specimens s£ the National Museum ever received of a 
demoiselle peculiar to the Galapagos Island, Nexllosua albemarleus . originally 
described by Heller and Snodgrass jfc, **i I yO 3 
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from this landlocked harbor. 
The President also hooked the first threadfln bass of the cruise, 
a rather rare species. CXir only Mazatlaa jcsklftvtaidcl: yellowtail and first 
southern barracuda, were taken here, too. This last was caught by Dr. 
Me Inti re^ Mr. Early got his second golden grouper. Yellowf i n tuna, sierra 
tdk spotted rock bass^ocean white 
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fish were also taken here. A shore party landing on Narbo rough Island, 
opposite the Cove, had some sport aliasing marine iguanas and taking pictures 
A demoiselle and several invertebrates were also picked up. An electric 
light at the surface of the gangway at about 11 p.m. attracted a lot of zoo- 
plankton and also resulted in the dipnetting of over a dozen little mullet. 
