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.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.


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.

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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





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01 I


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02 II


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03 III


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04 IV


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05 V


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06 VI


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