A Curious Fish.
A deep sea fish deserves, perhaps, to be placed at the head of the regiment of lamp-lighters. It is found at about a couple of miles beneath tlie surface, where-total darkness would roigu but for the phosphorescent light given out bysome of the coras and fishes living in that far-away region. It is one of the fishes known as anglers, from the fact that a curious organ, like a rod and line, rises from the foreheads and hangs over their mouths. The deep-sea angler has this organ, but in view ot the darkness, lights up the end where the bait might be supposed to be. The unwary fishes which comes to inspect the strangu bait have cause to r*gret their curiosity, for they are unceremoniously snapped up by the sharp teetb of the watchful angler. o
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2983, 5 August 1898, Page 3
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139A Curious Fish. Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2983, 5 August 1898, Page 3
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