File:The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof - a report of the Austro-Hungarian sea-fisheries - with a detailed description of the marine fauna of the Adriatic Gulf (1883) (14757209666).jpg

Identifier: fisheriesofadria00fabe (find matches)
Title: The fisheries of the Adriatic and the fish thereof : a report of the Austro-Hungarian sea-fisheries : with a detailed description of the marine fauna of the Adriatic Gulf
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Faber, George Louis
Subjects: Fisheries -- Austria Fisheries -- Adriatic Sea
Publisher: London : B. Quaritch
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
a chione, and the Echinoderm Astropecten aztrantiacus, which,however, only attains to its maximum of development in the next region.On clean clay beds appear Venus verrticosa, Modiola barbata, Cardiumexigtmm, different species of Pectines (P. sulcatus, P. jacobceus, P. poly-morpints), and Echinus microtuberculatus. The oyster, Ostrea cdulis var. cristata, is rarely found in the Ouarnero,but otherwise abounds in this region, chiefly at Val Cassione, on the islandof Veglia. Black clay supports a number of Foraminifers, such as Miliola obesa,Rosalina varians, and Acervulina inhcsrens. The Zostera fields swarm with animal life, the most characteristic ofthis region; most prevalent amongst these are Sicyonia sculpta, Palccmonrectirostris, Leucotoe denticulata, and Ilia nucleus; also the AnnellidesSerpula echinata, and Aspidosiphon Million. Forms found in the littoral zones, such as Idothea appendiculata,Lysianassa spinicornis, Trochus pyramidatus, here attain their maximum ofdevelopment. a
Text Appearing After Image:
AND THE FISH THEREOF. 17 Cymodocc pilosa, C. truncata, Sphccroma Jurinii, Pectinaria auricoma,Nereis zostericola, and Buccinum ascanias do not descend below 6 fathoms. The pipe, or needle-fishes (Syngnatkidce), the gar-pike (Belone vulgaris),and the wrasse (Labnts turdus) are also found here. Squilla mantis, Maja squinado, Murex brandaris, Pecten jacobams, andOstrea cdulis are forms which abound in this region, in the Gulfs of Triesteand of Venice. They are exceptional in the Ouarnero, var. cristata beingthe only kind of oyster found in some parts of this gulf. ZONE V.—This is the medium declivity and depth extending from10 to 20 fathoms, mostly on steep inclines, rarely on flat beds. Sweet surface waters have no effect here, and submarine springs do notissue forth in this region; specific gravity of water 1,027 ; intensity of theeffect of the daylight on the decrease, rays of light yellowish and differencebetween night and day perceptible ; pressure at 15 fathoms 3-67 atmospheres ;

Note About Images