THOUSAND SPECIES OF FISH.
Dr. AVilliam Beebe -lias returned to New Yojlc from Bermuda with nearly 1000 species of,.."fish, Deep-sea fish wMch s.wim through the blackness of great depths equipped wifek their own .''electric;-' lighting plauts—a ''cotd'-" digit which has spurred the search for a -self-pei'peuatingsouce of illumination • —rare- included in the eatcth.. Marvellousiy cooured fish, whiclh had to be [ quickly copied in. paint before their jcolouxs faded,, caane. up with many of the nets, each!-of' -^Mch required two hours. to ij'e pulled to tihe surfacfe so that the .r&tease from pressure of as much as 2000 Jib to; the sstare; inch would not injure t&e specimen-s^ There was a Mack fish, slhap.ed like a-dirigible, with a tentacle 10: times thr length of its body 'trkMin|g from 1 its nose like the mooring rope of an airship. And there was a tiny round' fish, one-twenty-fifti. tihe size of a silver dollar, which would have grown up to be an ocean sunfish 9ft thick, and weigMng more than one ton.
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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 5, 26 June 1930, Page 8
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169THOUSAND SPECIES OF FISH. Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 5, 26 June 1930, Page 8
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