From the fish branch there were manta rays, enormous cartilaginous fish ten feet long and weighing 600 pounds, their pectoral fin triangular, their midback slightly arched, their eyes attached to the edges of the face at the front of the head; they floated like wreckage from a ship, sometimes fastening onto our windows like opaque shutters.
Y gobios plumeros, alargados y carnosos, con aletas amarillas, y mandíbula prominente. Y escómbridos de dieciséis decímetros, de dientes cortos y agudos, cubiertos de pequeñas escamas, pertenecientes a la familia de las albacoras.