THE HABITS OF FISHES
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%An interesting thing proved by
Was, that
fàny of the sheS from the depths ascend in the water
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during the night—time anti; déseeä again during the
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This shows—that theyf are -tîmed or adapted to: the light
well as;ço the depth.
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depthê‘fînorè than
and blue rays being prèsentin ahu&làæ
fath0ms, and even presentdown to 500
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rays coméito an-erid at ‘about
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The…shespthat live in the intermediate ànd upper lâyërs =
Over greatŸdepths are very silVery in colour '(S‘côpelids';
the yœ‘1ng forms that live He‘är the
(Lépt0çepä'ds; Bethus, etc.) are like transparth
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pieces of paper. On ornearthesurface,too,lwelarger
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shes, the Basking Shark
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sh to revel in the sunshine, the PilOt-shes With their
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comrade the Sand—Shark, the “ Dolphihs Ï’ (Coryphæna)
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Which pursue the “Flyingeshes, Sun—sh (Mola);ahdihaÿ
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more On the whole, indeed,_there
“t‘ofbé rio
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ï._. lackof sh life in the
it may—bescattered ,
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