That day they gathered up some unusual specimens from these fish-filled waterways: anglerfish whose comical movements qualify them for the epithet "clowns," black Commerson anglers equipped with their antennas, undulating triggerfish encircled by little red bands, bloated puffers whose venom is extremely insidious, some olive-hued lampreys, snipefish covered with silver scales, cutlass fish whose electrocuting power equals that of the electric eel and the electric ray, scaly featherbacks with brown crosswise bands, greenish codfish, several varieties of goby, etc.; finally, some fish of larger proportions: a one-meter jack with a prominent head, several fine bonito from the genus Scomber decked out in the colors blue and silver, and three magnificent tuna whose high speeds couldn't save them from our trawl.
De verschillende zeeproducten werden door het luik aanstonds naar de kombuis gebracht, waar zij bereid werden, sommigen om aanstonds gegeten, anderen om bewaard te worden. Toen de vischvangst afgeloopen en de lucht in het schip ververscht was, dacht ik dat de Nautilus haar onderzeeschen tocht weder zou beginnen, en ik maakte mij gereed om naar mijne hut te gaan, toen de kapitein zich tot mij wendde en zeide: