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Sexual organs. Only in one of the individuals to hand are the eggs so large that they can 

 be recognised with the naked eye, namely in the one of 183 mm.; the sack-formed ovary is 14 mm. 

 long and contains a somewhat small number of eggs, whose diameter does not exceed 1,5 mm.; the 

 date of capture was the 28th of July. 



Lycodes pallidv.s from the Kara Sea. 



From the Kara Sea 11 specimens, 85 — 160 mm. long, have been obtained and are mentioned by 

 L lit ken (I.e.). Calculated from my measurements, the height over the anus is 8,4— 8,7° o, the length 

 of the head 22,6 — 24,6 °',j, the distance between the snout and the anus 41,4 — 43,1%, the longitudinal 

 diameter of the eye 3,3—4,1°,, of the total length. Compared with the specimens from the Ingolf 

 Expedition, L. pallidus from the Kara Sea has therefore a somewhat more slender body and the tail is 

 relatively a little shorter. The pectoral fins have throughout fewer rays, their number being 18 or 

 19, seldom 17. The head, anterior part of the back and the belly are always naked. The smaller 

 specimens have distinct dark cross-bands on the bod)* and unpaired fins, in the older these become 

 less clear on the body, and the largest (160 mm.) is almost without markings. Liitken mentions 

 only one lateral line, viz. the ventral, but faint traces of a mediolateral branch can be detected in 

 several specimens. 



Lycodes pallidus from Spitzbergen. 



The two type-specimens of the species, 93 and 164 mm. long, were taken at Spitzbergen at 260 

 and 459 fathoms. In these, the length of the head is 22,6 ° o, the distance between the snout and the 

 anus 39— 39,8° o, the height over the anus 8,5 — 9,1%, the longitudinal diameter of the eye 4,3 ° o of 

 the total length. The pectorals contain 18—19 rays. Scales cover the body as far as the region of 

 the pectoral fins, but the head, neck, middle of the belly and the fins are naked; in the smallest 

 specimen the scales extend farthest forward, namely, immediately to the base of the pectorals, and 

 only a small strip along the middle of the belly is naked; in the largest individual on the other hand, 

 a larger part of the belly is naked (cf. PI. Ill, fig. 26 and 27 in Collett, 1. c. 1880). The colour is gray- 

 brown, with 5 — 7 dark markings on the dorsal fin and an almost indistinguishable shading on the 

 body under each of them; a dark patch likewise on the anal fin towards the end. Of the lateral line 

 Collett has onh- seen the ventral branch. — For the rest, see the detailed and careful description 

 of Collett. 



Again, N. Knipowitsch (1. c.) has described a specimen, 188,5 '"™- 'o^^o' taken in Stor Fjord at 

 60 fathoms depth. In it, the length of the head is 25,2 °/o, the distance between the snout and the 

 anus 42,4%, the height over the anus 9%, the longitudinal diameter of the eye 3,5% of the total 

 length. The pectorals contain 18 ray.s. The scaly covering extends to a little in front of the commen- 

 cement of the dorsal fin, the belly is naked. The colour is brown-gra}-, with indistinct traces of darker 

 cross-bands. The ventral lateral line is distinct, traces of a mediolateral branch are also to be seen. 



Of specimens from Spitzbergen I have myself made occasional notes concerning three; one 

 (<Z. reficiilatus iovmz fngi'da No. 7 apud Smitt 1. c.) was taken by the Kolthoff Expedition of 



