LYCODIN^. cc 



concerning the fresh fish: ahnost without colour, a Httle bhiish gra\- in tone; tlie top of the head 

 sHghtly reddish; the side of the trunk and belly (over the peritoneum) dark blue . 



An unpaired sexual organ is present. No pyloric appendages to be seen. 



Distribution. The single specimen taken in 1896 by the Ingolf Expedition") was obtained 

 S.W. from Iceland, were the depth was 799 fathoms and the bottom-temperature 4^5 C. (St 78). 



This new species does not seem to stand anyway near an>- of the other L)-codes; L.atlanticus 

 mihi, to which one might be inclined to relegate it as the young, has a relativeh- greater head and 

 more numerous ra\-s in the pectorals (23). 



Lycodes rossi Malmgren. 



Tab. VII, Fig. i a, b, c, d, e, f. g. 



\Z2'S>.Q)Blennms polaris Ross (vix Sabine) in Parr_\-, Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole, p. 200. 

 1864. Lycodes rossi Malmgren, Om Spetsbergens Fiskfauna; Ofvers. Kgl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Forhandl., p. 516. 

 1880. L. rossi Collett, The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, Fishes, p. 106. 

 1886. L. reticulatus Rhdt. (?) jun., Liitken, Kara-Havets Fiske; Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske 



Udbytte, p. 136, Tab. XVII, Fig. 4—5. 

 1886. L. Liltkenii Liitken, ibid. p. 128 (partim). Tab. XVI, Fig. i (nee Fig. 2— 6). 

 1895. L. reticulatus Smitt, Skandinaviens Fiskar, II, p. 612 (partim), Fig. 148. 

 1899. L. rossi Collett, Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Chria., No. 6, p. 8 (cum fig.). 



1901. L. reticulatus Reinh. (?), Knipowitsch, Ann. ]\Iusee Zool. I'Acad. Imp. St. Petersbourg, T. \T, p. 25. 

 1901. L. reticulatus forma reticulata Smitt, Bih. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Bd. 27, Afd. IV, No. 4, p. 33 



(partim). No. 23 & 27. 

 1901. L. reticulatus forma semiuuda Smitt, ibid. p. 32 (partim). No. 16. 

 1901. L. celatus Jensen, Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kbhvn., p. 208. 

 1901. Z. rfj-i-// Jensen, ibid. p. 213 (partim). 



Of the total length the height over the anus is (8,5) 9,4—11,7'%, the length of 

 the head 22,4 — 25,3",,, the longitudinal d iameter of the ey e 3,6 — 4 ° „, the distance 

 between the snout and the anus 43,1 —49,3 "^'o, the length of the pectorals 13, i — i3,6'"o. 

 The voung have dark cross-bands on a light ground, the bands relatively light in 

 the centre, but with a very dark m a r g i u ( o n t h e d o r s a 1 f i n , b 1 a c k i s h ) ; a light band 

 across the neck. In larger individuals the dark (6—10) cross-bands on the side of 

 the bodv are partlv confluent below, so that the light interspaces partly show 

 as saddle-shaped markings from the free edge of the dorsal fin down towards 

 the lateral line; the light neck-band frequently divides up into several spots. The 

 scalv covering in the older individuals reaches forward to a point, which lies almost 

 under the beginning of the dorsal fin, and is wedge-shaped in front so that the 



') The specimen was overlooked and not inclnded in The Ichthyological Re.sults . 



