Phycis Chesteri

Goode, G. B. & Bean, T. H., 1883, Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. coast survey steamer “ Blake, ” Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. S. N., commanding., Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 10 (5), pp. 183-226 : 204

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.28095
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6294083
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scientific name	Phycis Chesteri
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17. Phycis Chesteri , Goode & Bean.

Phycis Chester !, Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I., 1878, p. 256; Cat. Fish.

Essex Co. anil Mass. Bay, 1879, p. 8; Goode, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mils., III. p. 470.

Numerous specimens of this fish were taken at various depths. These collections confirm the view expressed after a study of the collections made by the Fish Commission in the same year ; namely, that Phycis Chesteri and Macrurus Bairdii appear to be the most abundant fishes in the continental slope from 140 to 500 fathoms, occurring in immense numbers and breeding copiously.

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