Fish Commission Steamer Albatross Research Articles

The U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross in the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada in June 1903

The U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross in the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada in June 1903

First record of the sea cucumber Trachythyone nina (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Canadian waters, with a redescription of the species and notes on its distribution and biology

The original and only description of the cucumariid holothurian species Trachythyone nina (Deichmann, 1930) is based on material collected near George's Bank, by the US Fish Commission Steamer Albatross 125 years ago. No additional material of this species has been formally reported ever since. We hereby record T. nina for the first time in Canadian waters, from several sites along the continental slope of Newfoundland and Labrador (43–55° N) at depths of 1088–1308 m and from the Arctic (60° N) at 590 m, as well as from two sites near the type locality at 132–155 m along the coast of New England. A more detailed and accurate description of the species is provided, along with notes on its ecology and distribution. This tiny (≤15 mm long) gonochoric sea cucumber is usually associated with hard substrata, including deep-sea corals.

Marine Gastropoda collected by the Steamer Albatross from the Philippines in 1908

INTRODUCTION – From 1887 until 1925, the United States Fish Commission's Steamer Albatross conducted pioneering marine explorations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Most of the results of these expeditions have been published in accounts of the expeditions and through numerous scientific papers dealing with particular marine taxa.

Lichens of Attu Island, Alaska

One hundred fifty-three taxa of lichens and one lichenicolous fungus are reportedfrom Attu Island, the westernmost island of the Aleutian chain. Amygdalaria consentiens, Lecanora confusa, and Rhizocarpon obscuratum, are new to Alaska. The lichen flora ofAttu Island is primarily comprised of wide-ranging arctic-alpine and boreal species; a coastal element is moderately rep- resented, while amphi-Beringian species form a minor element. As the westernmost island in the Aleutian chain, Attu Island is of considerable phytogeographic in- terest; yet it is one of the poorly known islands. Cummings (1910), in the report of the Harriman Expedition, listed only four lichens collected by C. H. Townsend, in connection with the work of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross at Attu

Taenioconger canabus, a New Heterocongrin Eel (Pisces: Congridae) from Baja California, with a Comparison of a Closely Related Species

BOHLKE, J. E. 1968. The descriptions of three new sand stargazers (Dactyloscopidae) from the tropical West Atlantic. Notulae Naturae No. 414. DAWSON, C. E. 1969. A new eastern Pacific sand stargazer, Dactyloscopus byersi (Pisces: Dactyloscopidae). Copeia 1969:44-51. GILBERT, C. H. 1890. Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS. No. XII.-A Preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer ALBATROSS on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninetytwo new species. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 13: 49-126. KENDALL, W. C., AND L. RADCLIFFE. 1912. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer ALBATROSS, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. XXV. The shore fishes. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 35:77-171. MILLER, R. R., AND J. C. BRIGGS. 1962. Dactyloscopus amnis, a new sand stargazer from rivers of the Pacific slope of southern Mexico. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Mich. 627. MYERS, G. S., AND C. B. WADE. 1946. New fishes of the families Dactyloscopidae, Microdesmidae, and Antennariidae from the west coast of Mexico and the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Exped. 9:151-178. ROSENBLATT, R. H., J. E. MCCOSKER AND I, RUBINOFF. 1972. Indo-West Pacific fishes from the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama. Contrib. Sci., Los Angeles Co. Mus. No. 234.

Developmental Temperature Tolerances of Four Etheostomatine Fishes Occurring in Texas

by the Bahama Expedition of the State University of Iowa, under Professor C. C. Nutting, in 1893. Bull. Lab. Nat. Sci. Univ. Iowa, 4:76-93. 1899. Reports on an exploration off the West Coast of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during 1891, Lt.-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N. Commanding XXIV. The Fishes. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard Coll. 24:1-431.

The Philippine Trench and its Bottom Fauna

VERY little is known about animal life in the greatest ocean depths; only two previous hauls seem to have been made below 6,000 metres. In 1899 the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross obtained siliceous sponges in the Tonga Trench at 4,173 fm. or 7,632 metres1. A similar deep haul was not made until 1948 when the Swedish Deep Sea Expedition trawled holothurians, a fragment of a polychaete, an isopod and a few amphipods in the Porto Rico Trench at depths between 7,625 and 7,900 metres2. I can, now report that in July the Danish Deep Sea Expedition of 1950–52 in the research ship Galathea obtained living animals of several phyla from a depth of greater than 10,000 metres in the Philippine Trench, more than 2,000 metres below previous known occurrences.

Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. 26. The fishes

Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. 26. The fishes

The Brachyura collected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross on the voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to San Francisco, California, 1887-1888

The Brachyura collected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross on the voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to San Francisco, California, 1887-1888

Cactaceæ in the Galapagos Islands

MR. HEMSLEY is mistaken in stating, as he does on p. 623 of NATURE for October 24, 1895, that Dr. G. Baur was attached to the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. Dr. Baur had no connection with the Albatross Expedition of 1891, the object of which was deep-sea dredging, and only included an incidental visit of a few days to the Galapagos. Nor did Dr. Baur write the general sketch of that expedition, or have anything to do with the photographs which accompany it, as one might infer from a subsequent note by Mr. Hemsley on the Cactaceae of the Galapagos (NATURE, November 14, 1895, p. 31).

Dr. Baur and the Galapagos

IN my article on Dr. Baur?'s botanical collections from the Galapagos (NATURE, vol. lii. p. 623), I stated that he was attached to the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. This was an error. Dr. Baur's trip was quite independent of Government aid, and was accomplished mainly through the liberality of two or three private gentlemen. So far as I can learn, there are no botanical results worth mentioning of the United States Government expedition.

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXXIII.—Descriptions of two new flounders, Gastropsetta frontalis and Cyclopsetta chittendeni

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXXIII.—Descriptions of two new flounders, Gastropsetta frontalis and Cyclopsetta chittendeni

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXX.—On Harriotta, a new type of chimaeroid fish from the deeper waters of the northwestern Atlantic

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXX.—On Harriotta, a new type of chimaeroid fish from the deeper waters of the northwestern Atlantic

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXXI.—Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, with notes on the young of Lithodes camtschaticus and Lithodes brevipes

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXXI.—Descriptions of new genera and species of crabs of the family Lithodidae, with notes on the young of Lithodes camtschaticus and Lithodes brevipes

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXIX.—A revision of the order Heteromi, deep-sea fishes, with a description of the new generic types Macdonaldia and Lipogenys

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXIX.—A revision of the order Heteromi, deep-sea fishes, with a description of the new generic types Macdonaldia and Lipogenys

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXIII.—Report on the Actiniae collected by the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXIII.—Report on the Actiniae collected by the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888

Ridgway on a Collection of Birds from Alaska Catalogue of a Collection of Birds Made in Alaska by Mr. C. H. Townsend during the Cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, in the Summer and Autumn of 1888 Robert Ridgway

Ridgway on a Collection of Birds from Alaska Catalogue of a Collection of Birds Made in Alaska by Mr. C. H. Townsend during the Cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, in the Summer and Autumn of 1888 Robert Ridgway

The Mollusc-Fauna of the Galapagos IslandsScientific Results of Explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. No. XXV. Report on the Mollusk-Fauna of the Galapagos Islands, with Descriptions of New Species. Robert E. C. Stearns

Previous articleNext article FreeRecent LiteratureThe Mollusc-Fauna of the Galapagos Islands Scientific Results of Explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. No. XXV. Report on the Mollusk-Fauna of the Galapagos Islands, with Descriptions of New Species. Robert E. C. StearnsChas. T. SimpsonChas. T. Simpson Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 28, Number 327Mar., 1894 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/275899 Views: 98Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXVI.—Report on the pteropods and heteropods collected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross during the voyage from Norfolk, Va., to San Francisco, Cal., 1887-'88

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXVI.—Report on the pteropods and heteropods collected by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross during the voyage from Norfolk, Va., to San Francisco, Cal., 1887-'88

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXVII.—Catalogue of a collection of birds made in Alaska by Mr. C. H. Townsend during the cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, in the summer and autumn of 1888

Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross. No. XXVII.—Catalogue of a collection of birds made in Alaska by Mr. C. H. Townsend during the cruise of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, in the summer and autumn of 1888