DIS< USSION OF SPECIES AXlt THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 



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fins, and the middle of the belly arc naked. Teeth present on the Lntermaxilla, palatines, 

 and vomer. Beight of body contained 9£ times, and head nearly 4J times in the total 

 length (in young individuals). The lateral line runs downward from the npper angle of 

 the gill-opening in a curve under the median line of the body to about the vent, where it 

 ceases or becomes inconspicuous. 



B. 5; I). 92-95 (with one half of caudal, 98-101); A. 79-S1 (with one-half of caudal, 

 84-86); T. 18-19. 



Two young examples were taken in the middle of August off the north coast of Spitz 

 bergen, in about 80° north latitude. The first was obtained Angusl 14, from a depth of 

 45',) fathoms at station 362, about 15 miles west of Nbrskoerne; bottom temperature, — 1° 

 ('.; the bottom consisted of bluish-gray clay. This individual was a little over G inches 

 long. The second, which was a young individual, -'<-\ inches long, was collected on the same 

 day at station 363, about 8 miles west of Norskoerne, in a depth of 260 fathoms. The bot- 

 tom temperature was +1.2 C 0.; the bottom consisted of blue clay. 



Total lentil 



Length to base of caudal 



Height at dorsal nriuiu 



Beighl al anal origin 



Xip of sin. iu it tarsal origin 



Tip of snout from vent 



Vont to base of caudal 



Length of bead 



Siiohi i in oxigin nt iris) 



i i _ diameter of eye 



Post-orbital part of head 



Xip of lower jaw from ventral 



Ventral from vent 



Length of ventral 



Length of pectoral 



The lateral line begins at the upper angle of the gill opening, makes a slight curve 

 over the opercular flap, and thence proceeds in a curve, without any straight portion, about 

 down to the vent; from here, in the two specimens, it is inconspicuous, but can be partially 

 traced along the anal base toward the base of the caudal. The number of pores to the 

 vent is about -<i. {Collett, loc.cit.) 



LYCODES PERSPICILLUM, Kkoyer. (Figures 278; 278 A. young. I 

 I/ycodea perspioillum, KrOyer, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl., XI, lslo. 



Distinguished by a light body color and dark bands, also two ocellated spots on the 



forehead, which have suggested the specific name. Still further separated from the previ 

 ously known species of Lycodes by the smaller number of fin-rays, larger eye, etc. (Kroy< i . 

 Specimens were obtained by the Albatross from station 2491, in 15 24' 30" 2S\ hit., 58 

 35' 15" W. Ion., at a depth of 59 fathom s, and from station 2450, in47 c 20' N. lat, 52^ 18' 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 86 fathoms. 



LYCODES SEMINUDUS, Reeshardt. 



Lycodes seminudus, Reixiiardt, Kong. Dansk. Selsk., etc., 1838, 223.— GOnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 

 320.— Gill, Joe. eit., 260.— Collect, loc. cit., 113. 



Body moderately elongate; its height, which is half the length of the head, one-seventh 

 of its length. Body naked in front of vent, scaly behind; linsnaked. Yentrals dislanf 

 from vent somewhat more than length of head. 



Radial formula: 1). 91; A. 74; P. 21. 



Color, uniform pale grayish brown, without spots or bands. 



This species is known only from Omenak, Greenland, but is likelj to occur in deep 

 water. 



LYCODES SARSII, Collett. 



Lycodes Sarsii, Collett, Forh. Selsk. Christ., 1871, 62 66, with a plate. 



A Lycodes with the body lerately elongate; its height, which is more than half the 



length of the head, about ouc-tcnth of the total length; length of the head about ~<\ times 



