scarce-fathomed

Updated: August 16, 2026

Lurking in the utter darkness of the scarce-fathomed deeps of the ocean, what Kraken may not lie, coil on coil; what strange black, slimy, large-eyed forms do their stealthy hunting in perpetual night by the light of phosphorescent lamps they bear upon their bodies? Many of these there are, every year teaches of new species.

Francis Rolt-Wheeler - The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries