海底兩萬里 第487期 第30章 從合恩角到亞馬遜河(9)
As for mollusks, they consisted of exhibits I had already observed:
至于軟體動(dòng)物，都是一些我已經(jīng)觀察過的種類，
turret snails, olive shells of the "tent olive" species with neatly intersecting lines and russet spots standing out sharply against a flesh-colored background,
像錐螺，身上有規(guī)則交叉條紋、底殼有明顯突出的紅點(diǎn)的巖蛤；
fanciful spider conchs that looked like petrified scorpions, transparent glass snails, argonauts, some highly edible cuttlefish,
活像被嚇呆了的蝎子的任性的蜘蛛螺，半透明的石英螺，船蛸，非常好吃的墨魚；
and certain species of squid that the naturalists of antiquity classified with the flying fish, which are used chiefly as bait for catching cod.
某類槍烏賊——古代博物學(xué)家曾在飛魚中捕捉過這類槍烏賊，它們主要是用來做捕捉鱈魚的誘餌。
As for the fish in these waterways, I noted various species that I hadn't yet had the opportunity to study.
在我還沒有機(jī)會(huì)研究的這一海域的魚類里，我記錄了幾個(gè)不同的種類。
Among cartilaginous fish: some brook lamprey, a type of eel fifteen inches long, head greenish, fins violet,
像軟骨魚類有：化石花斑魚，鰻魚的一種，長 15 英寸，頭灰綠色，鰭紫色，
back bluish gray,belly a silvery brown strewn with bright spots,iris of the eye encircled in gold,
背部灰藍(lán)色，腹部白褐色，布滿顯目的斑點(diǎn)，眼膜周圍有一圈金邊，
unusual animals that the Amazon's current must have swept out to sea because their natural habitat is fresh water;
這類奇特的動(dòng)物肯定是被亞馬遜河水帶到海中來的，因?yàn)樗鼈円话闶巧钤诘械模?/p>
sting rays, the snout pointed, the tail long, slender, and armed with an extensive jagged sting;
多瘤鰩魚，喙尖，尾長而細(xì)，有一根齒形利刺；
small one-meter sharks with gray and whitish hides, their teeth arranged in several backward-curving rows, fish commonly known by the name carpet shark;
長1米的小角鯊，皮灰白色，排成好幾列的牙齒像后部彎曲，俗名是拖鞋魚；
