REPORT

of the

SCIENTIFIC RESULTS

of the
  
 VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER
DURING THE YEARS 1873-76

under the command of
 Captain GEORGE S. NARES, R.N. F.R.S.

and the late
Captain FRANK TOURLE THOMSON, R.N.

Prepared under the Superintendence of

the late
Sir. C. WYVILLE THOMSON, Knt., F.R.S., &c.
Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh
Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff on board

and now of
JOHN MURRAY, LL.D., Ph. D. &c.
One of the naturalists of the expedition.


ZOOLOGY Part LVII

1887

 Report on the Deep-Sea Fishes collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years
1873-1876.


by

  Albert Günther, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.,
Keeper of the Department of Zoology in the British Museum

(This Manuscript was received in instalments between the 9th September 1886 and the 28th June 1887.)
 

335 + 43 pp. Illustrated with 73 plates and 7 woodcuts.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 22, 1887.

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in the library holdings of
Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire.

May, 2004.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.


Schedophilus
Schedophilus, Plate XLIV
Skate
Raja, Plate III
plate 41
Trachyrhynchus, Plate XLI
Plate 51
Chlorophthalmus, Plate LI




A high resolution  (800 ppi) world map showing the H.M.S. Challenger Track and Sounding Stations
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From Zoology Volume LIII, 1887.

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editorial note 1  2

CONTENTS.

Preface i   i  ii

Table of contents iii   iii  iv  v  vi  vii  viii  ix  x  xi  xii  xiii  xiv  xv  xvi  xvii  xviii

INTRODUCTION
 
    History of our Knowledge of the Fish-Fauna of the Deep Sea,  xix   xix  xx  xxi  xxii  xxiii
    Characteristics of Deep-Sea Fishes, xxiv  xxiv  xxv  xxvi  xxvii  xxviii  xxix  xxx  xxxi  xxxii  xxxiii
    Vertical and Horizontal Distribution of Deep-Sea Fishes  xxxiii   xxxiii  xxxiv  xxxv  xxxvi  xxxvii
    The Constitution of the Fish-Fauna of the Deep Sea,  xxxvii   xxxvii  xxxviii
    Table Showing the Vertical Range of Distribution  xl  xl  xli  xlii  xliii  xliv  xlv  xlvi  xlvii  xlviii  xlvix  l  li  lii  liii  liv  lv  lvi  lvii  lviii  lix  lx  lxi  lxii  lxiii  lxiv  lxv

DESCRIPTION OF GENERA AND SPECIES

Chondropterygii
    Plagiostomata.
        Selachoidea -- Sharks,  1 Plate I   001  002  003  004  005  006
        Batoidea -- Rays  7 III  007  008  009  010  011
    Holocephala  12  012

Acanthopterygii
    Percidæ  13  013  014  015  016  017
    Scorpænidæ  17  XX  018  019  020  021
    Berycidæ  21  V  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034
    Trichiuridæ  35 VII  035  036  037  038  039  040  041
    Carangidæ  41  041  042
    Cyttidæ  42 X  042  043  044  045  046
    Coryphænidæ  46  046  047
    Trachinidæ  48  VIII  048  049
    Pediculati  49  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060
    Cottidæ  60 IX  060  061  062  063  064
    Cataphracti  64  064  065  066
    Discoboli  66  XI   066  067  068  069  070
    Gobiidæ  70  070
    Blenniidæ  70  070  071  072
    Trachypteridæ  72  072  073  074  075  076
    Lophotidæ  76  076

Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi.  76 076

Anacanthini
    Lycodidæ  77 XIII  077  078  079  080  081  082
    Gadidæ  82  XIV  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100
    Ophidiidæ  100  XXI  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122  123  124  125
    Macruridæ  125  XXIX  125  126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154  155  156  157  158
    Lyconidæ  158  XLII  158  159
    Ateleopodidæ  159  L  159  160  161
    Pleuronectidæ  161  161  162  163  164  165  166  167

Physostomi
    Sternoptychidæ  167  XLV  167  168  169  170  171  172  173  174  175  176  177  178  179  180
    Scopelidæ  180  XLVII  180  181  182  183  184  185  186  187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199  200  201  202  203
    Stomiatidæ  203  LIV  203  204  205  206  207  208  209  210  211  212  213  214  215  216  217
    Salmonidæ  217  217  218  219  220  221  222
    Bathythrissidæ  222  222  223
    Alepocephalidæ  223  LVII  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236
    Halosauridæ  236  LIX  236  237  238  239  240  241  242  243
    Notacanthi  243  LX  243  244  245  246  247  248  249  250  251  252
    Murænidæ  252  252  253
    Murænesocina  253  LXIII  253
    Synaphobranchina  253  LXII  253  254  255  256
    Saccopharyngina  256  LXVI  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263
    Nemichthyina  263 LXIII  263  264  265  266

Plectognathi  266  266
 
Cyclostomata  267   267
Addendum  268

APPENDIX A 
    Report on the Structure of the Pecular Organs in the Head of Ipnops. By Professor H.N. Moseley, F.R.S.  269  269  270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277

APPENDIX B 
    Report on the Structure of the Phosphorescent Organs of fishes. By R. von Lendenfeld, Ph.D., F.L.S.

    PREFACE  277   277

    CONTENTS 278  278  279  280

       I. Historical Introduction  281  281  282
       II. The Diversity of the Phosphorescent Organs  283  283
       III. Special Description of the Different Kinds of Phosphorescent Organs 
          A. Regular Ocellar Organs  285  285  286  287  288  289  290  291  292  293  294  295  296  297  298  299  300  301  302  303  304  305  306  307  308  309  310  311  312
          B. Irregular Glandular Organs,  313  313  314  315  316  317  318  319  320  321  322

     CONCLUSION  323  323  324  325  326

     EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES
          Scheme of the Development of Phosphorescent Organs  327  327           Key to the figures on the Plates  328  328  329  330

INDEX  331  332  333  334  335


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