268
…
THE BIOLOGY OF FISHES
,
"
seen from the excellent photograph by E. R. Sanbor,
reproduced in Pl. XIII As «it‘is a strong swimmer and
feeds
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 foi- Ü
Sharks, and it may possibly have learnt the habit from
playing a deadly game of..hide-and-seek with the monster.«
The Angler (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
elastic
*
dimensions and very broad head and mouth, it makes quite
a good 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 smellingorgans, directed
and between these along ap has developed into
a ray—like tetrta'cle with a greenish piece of skin at the end,
'
Ïmay' be “phosphorescent ”; close by are the
_
watchful, squinting “eyes. 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
,
wide open and the green leaf just ,
ab0ve.
ThiS-'is the lure and— the bait is probably the
tongue within,_or5it may be idle» cürioSity that leads other '
.
Well—conCeivcäd trap.
_
“r
_
particular in its 'choiçe 'ÏOf—gviCtims;
'Herfîgs
‘by the score,
of
l _ € sh, Flame,
an—dÏeven d1V1Hgb1rdshave
'
7 been,tound£ina,its'.isijt'b‘1alçh'."î_-But 1t1sfalîsoæame fermoVe on
_
.
on the surface
_
—
and has often
to swallow Cod
_Ÿ
and
up ,on-the long— .
: Its…shig 'habits‘Ηseem; so
that we must
_
credit it with a conSidërablèamôunt of intelligenCe. ,_
'
‘
j
Some deep—sea shes of the.
group :(Pediculati),
‘
,
'Ï.« ,:Ï ;hàxe :g0ne a stage fürltherwith the lure,
seems to “.be;
'
the leaf ‘
is changed into a lurhi—nous
like
_Î'
apocket—lamp, Which ' is supposed to: play On: the 'Susceptî—‘
…
THE BIOLOGY OF FISHES
,
"
seen from the excellent photograph by E. R. Sanbor,
reproduced in Pl. XIII As «it‘is a strong swimmer and
feeds
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 foi- Ü
Sharks, and it may possibly have learnt the habit from
playing a deadly game of..hide-and-seek with the monster.«
The Angler (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
elastic
*
dimensions and very broad head and mouth, it makes quite
a good 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 smellingorgans, directed
and between these along ap has developed into
a ray—like tetrta'cle with a greenish piece of skin at the end,
'
Ïmay' be “phosphorescent ”; close by are the
_
watchful, squinting “eyes. 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
,
wide open and the green leaf just ,
ab0ve.
ThiS-'is the lure and— the bait is probably the
tongue within,_or5it may be idle» cürioSity that leads other '
.
Well—conCeivcäd trap.
_
“r
_
particular in its 'choiçe 'ÏOf—gviCtims;
'Herfîgs
‘by the score,
of
l _ € sh, Flame,
an—dÏeven d1V1Hgb1rdshave
'
7 been,tound£ina,its'.isijt'b‘1alçh'."î_-But 1t1sfalîsoæame fermoVe on
_
.
on the surface
_
—
and has often
to swallow Cod
_Ÿ
and
up ,on-the long— .
: Its…shig 'habits‘Ηseem; so
that we must
_
credit it with a conSidërablèamôunt of intelligenCe. ,_
'
‘
j
Some deep—sea shes of the.
group :(Pediculati),
‘
,
'Ï.« ,:Ï ;hàxe :g0ne a stage fürltherwith the lure,
seems to “.be;
'
the leaf ‘
is changed into a lurhi—nous
like
_Î'
apocket—lamp, Which ' is supposed to: play On: the 'Susceptî—‘