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THE BIOLOGY OF FISHES
‘
seen from the excellent photograph by E. R. Sanborn,
'
reproduced in Pl. XIII. As it is a strong swimmer and
feeds chiey on shes, the reason why it should hold on to
anything, especially by the head, is a mystery. It is a
relative of the Pilot—sh, which also has a partiality fo'r
'
Sharks, and it may possibly have learnt the habit from
'
playing a deadly game of hide—and-seek with the monster… '
The Anglet (Lophius) has learnt another variation of
'
_
this game.
Deformed by circumstances in its early days,
'
:
'
With a terrier—like stump of a tail (Fig. 4), belly 'of elastic '
,
dimensions and very broad head and mouth, it makes quite
a _g00d use of its inrmities. Some parts of its esh and
_
…
bone have been pressed upwards above its head; on two
"
of these, one on each side, are the smelling organs, directed
upwar‘ds, and between these a long ap has developed into
a ray—like tenta'clewith a greenish piece of skin at the end,
“which -may be “ phosphorescent ”; close by are the
__
watchful, squinting
Further back it has a few more
,
rays or tentaCles, branched and looking like sea—plants
or
zoophytes. With this queer shape it has naturally a
sluggish disposition and rests for the most part on the '
-
bottom with its mouth wide open and the green leaf just
'
'
ab0ve.
This'is the lure and the —bait is probably the
tongue Within, or-it may be idle curioSity that leads other
to enter this well-conÇeived trap.
"
:
—
-
'
'
'
,
The
not particular in its choice of victims ;
Herriùgs:-and{Mackerel by the score, many other :.kinds of
fh msi—ss;
sndsvssijvisg birds hrsss
'
-
been
But ,itiS, ÏalSôÿ)àble to
On
;pccasionfç;=i‘t
eàptute:;bi—tds on the surface
and has often been
to swallow Cod
"
'
and Conger when'ïÇ—these}-wereî”beiiig hauled up on the long—
.
lines; ' Its
habits seem- SO deliberate that we mu‘St
:
Credit it with a consic‘lera‘bl‘eamOUntoiC intelligence.
'
'
Some deep—sea shes' of
‘
the same group (Pediculati)
Î
have gone a stag6further With the lure, as it seems“ to be;
Î In ,Cer‘atias the leaf is changed-_ into—a lu1inous organ, like
Αûpocket-lamp, which is]supposed topla‘y on the =susceptÎ-
THE BIOLOGY OF FISHES
‘
seen from the excellent photograph by E. R. Sanborn,
'
reproduced in Pl. XIII. As it is a strong swimmer and
feeds chiey on shes, the reason why it should hold on to
anything, especially by the head, is a mystery. It is a
relative of the Pilot—sh, which also has a partiality fo'r
'
Sharks, and it may possibly have learnt the habit from
'
playing a deadly game of hide—and-seek with the monster… '
The Anglet (Lophius) has learnt another variation of
'
_
this game.
Deformed by circumstances in its early days,
'
:
'
With a terrier—like stump of a tail (Fig. 4), belly 'of elastic '
,
dimensions and very broad head and mouth, it makes quite
a _g00d use of its inrmities. Some parts of its esh and
_
…
bone have been pressed upwards above its head; on two
"
of these, one on each side, are the smelling organs, directed
upwar‘ds, and between these a long ap has developed into
a ray—like tenta'clewith a greenish piece of skin at the end,
“which -may be “ phosphorescent ”; close by are the
__
watchful, squinting
Further back it has a few more
,
rays or tentaCles, branched and looking like sea—plants
or
zoophytes. With this queer shape it has naturally a
sluggish disposition and rests for the most part on the '
-
bottom with its mouth wide open and the green leaf just
'
'
ab0ve.
This'is the lure and the —bait is probably the
tongue Within, or-it may be idle curioSity that leads other
to enter this well-conÇeived trap.
"
:
—
-
'
'
'
,
The
not particular in its choice of victims ;
Herriùgs:-and{Mackerel by the score, many other :.kinds of
fh msi—ss;
sndsvssijvisg birds hrsss
'
-
been
But ,itiS, ÏalSôÿ)àble to
On
;pccasionfç;=i‘t
eàptute:;bi—tds on the surface
and has often been
to swallow Cod
"
'
and Conger when'ïÇ—these}-wereî”beiiig hauled up on the long—
.
lines; ' Its
habits seem- SO deliberate that we mu‘St
:
Credit it with a consic‘lera‘bl‘eamOUntoiC intelligence.
'
'
Some deep—sea shes' of
‘
the same group (Pediculati)
Î
have gone a stag6further With the lure, as it seems“ to be;
Î In ,Cer‘atias the leaf is changed-_ into—a lu1inous organ, like
Αûpocket-lamp, which is]supposed topla‘y on the =susceptÎ-