The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 78 Report on the Pelagic Fishes

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 LXXVIII

1889

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

by

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

(The Manuscript was received in Instalments between 27th November 1888 and 19th December 1888.)

47 pp. Illustrated with 6 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 31, 1889.

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

June, 2004.

Exocoetus Naresii,
natural size
Plate I

Cubiceps gracilis
Plate II, Page 11

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

Click on image for map at 200 ppi.

Left Section at 800 ppi

Middle Section at 800 ppi

Right Section at 800 ppi

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 1   001 002

SYSTEMATIC INDEX 3   003 004

DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES
    I. Sharks 5   005
    II. Acanthopterygians 5   005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019
    III. Anacanths 20   020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029
    IV. Physostomi 30   030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044

ALPHABETICAL INDEX 45   045 046 047

PLATES.

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01 I	Plate at 200 ppi
02 II	Plate at 200 ppi
03 III	Plate at 200 ppi
04 IV	Plate at 200 ppi
05 V	Plate at 200 ppi
06 VI	Plate at 200 ppi