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275 fathoms, bottom-temperature + 4''88 C, 2 specimens (371— 374mm); Channel between Shet- 

 land and the Faeroes (60° 19' N.L. 5° 39' W.L.), depth 620 fathoms, bottom-temperature — o°i5 C, 

 I young specimen (188 nnn.)'); east from the Faeroes (62° 26' N.L. 4'' 49' W.L.), depth 228 fathoms, 

 I specimen (552 mm.)'); between the Fee roes and Iceland (62° 59' N.L. 10" 37' W.L.), depth 251 

 fathoms, bottom-temperature -f 3° 24 C, i specimen (521 mm.); east from Iceland {64° 58' N.L. 11^ 

 12' W.L.), depth 300 fathoms, bottom-temperature — o°38 C, i specimen (383 mm.). 



Judging from these captures, L. esmarkn\ which was hitherto considered as a species occurring 

 locally at Finmark, has probably a continuous distribution over the deeper parts of the coastal plateau 

 of the Northern Ocean and its shelving sides («.slopes»), from Bear Island and Finmark down to Stat, 

 thence towards Shetland and tlie east banks of the Fieroes, north of the Fseroes and along the broad 

 ridge from the Fseroe Isles to the Iceland plateau. Exceptionally, it may venture over the sloping 

 banks of the ocean down into the polar depths. 



Again, it occurs on the east coast of North America, as Collet t has identified 4 fully grown 

 specimens from off the coast of Nova Scotias). 



Ly codes eudipleurostictus Jensen. 



Tab. Ill, Fig. i a, b. /SS" "^ 



1878. Lycodes vahlii Collett, Fiske indsamlede under den norske Nordhavs-Expeditions 2 forste Togter, ,*C 

 1876 og 1877; Forh. Vidensk. Selsk. Chria. 1878, No. 4, p. 11 (partim). f- 



1878. Z. ^'rt/^/zy Collett, Fiske fra Nordhav.s-Expeditionens sidste Togt, Sommeren 1878; Forh. Vidensk. 

 Selsk. Chria. 1878, No. 14, p. 54 (partim). \ 



1879. L. vahlii Collett, Meddelelser om Norges Fiske i Aarene 1875—78; Forh. Vidensk. Selsk. Chria. 

 1879, No. I, p. 62 (partim). 



1880. L. esmarkii Q.o\\fi\X, The Norw. North-Atlantic Expedition, Fishes, p. 84 (partim), PI. II, Fig. 19—21. 

 1891. L.esmarkii Lilljeborg, Sveriges och Norges Fiskar, II, p. 6 (partim). 

 1895. L. vahlii S\mX\.^ Skandinaviens Fiskar, II, p. 613 (partim). 

 1898. L. Esniarkii Liitken, The Danish Ingolf Expedition, II, i, p. 21. 

 igoi. L.esmarki Knipowitsch, Ann. Musee zool. I'Acad. Imp. St. Petersbourg, T. VI, p. 21. 

 1901. L. I 'ahlii forma pallida Smitt, Bih. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Bd. 27, Afd. IV, No. 4, p. 24 ( p a r t i m ), No. 13. 

 1901. L. Vahlii typica vSmitt, ibid. p. 26 (partim). No. 40, 41 & 42. 

 1901. L. eudipleurostictus Jensen, Vidensk. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Klihvn. p. 206. 



The height over the anus amounts to 8,1- 13,6 "o, the length of the head to 

 I g , 8 — 24,3 ° o of the total length. The tail is distinctl>- longer than the head and 

 trunk together, as the distance between the snout and the anus is 36,7 — 41,4% of 

 the total length. The posterior margin of the pectoral is indented. Colouration 



M Giinther (Chall. Exped. Deep-Sea Fishes, 1887, p. 77) also refers 2 specimens from the F'seroe Channel, 608 fathoms, 

 to this species, but tliej- perhaps belong to L. eudipleurostictus mihi which has been confused with L. esniarkii. 



2) This specimen was taken on a line, the other specimens in the English trawl. 



3) Goode and Bean refer also to this species a number of specimens, taken at 39° 43'— 42° 43' N.L. and 62° 20' — 

 71° 42' W.L.. 224—420 fathoms (Oceanic Ichthyology, 1895, p. 303), but one cannot tell if the determination is correct. 



The Inoolf-Expeditton. II. 4. 5 



