LYCODIN^. 



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St. 117. Soutli from Jan ^layen... 1003 fathoms — i' C. i specimen 



- 125. North from Iceland 729 — — o°8- 1 



- 102. East from Iceland 750 — — 0^9- i — 



- 104. >. 957 - _ I'^^i. 5 _. 



- 105. » 762 — — o'S- 2 — 



- 139. North from Faeroes 702 — — o°6 - i — 



Lycodoniis flagellicazida is thns widel\- distribnted over the deeper parts of the ^cold area*, 

 from Spitzbergen down to Iceland and the Fceroe Channel. 



Lycodonus ophidiuni Jensen. 

 J898. Lycodes miircEua Liitken, The Dani.sh Ingolf-Expedition, II, i, p. 20 ipartini). 

 1901. Lycenchelys ophidium Jensen, Vidensk. Medd Naturh. Foren. Kbhvn., p. 212. 



The single specimen present, a young individual of iiS mm., stands very near 

 to Lycodonii s flage Ih'cmtda^ but in proportion to the total length, the length of the 

 head is 12 " ,,, the distance between the snout and the anns 21,6 '''o and the distance 

 of the dorsal fin from the snout 15,3 °/o- P- 15- 



Distribution. North Atlantic Ocean S. from Iceland, 1089 fathoms. 



As there is but a single and young specimen to hand, only the above preliminary characteri- 

 sation of the species can be given. 



This specimen has in the main the same characteristic appearance as the young L. ftagelli- 

 cauda and is hardh- to be distinguished from these on superficial obser\-ation. Rut the measurements 

 show that the head is shorter, that the anus lies further forward and that the dorsal fin begins nearer 

 the head. These features will appear on comparison with three L. flagelHcaiida of similar length : 



The specimen was taken by the Ingolf Expedition of 1896 in the North Atlantic vS. from Ice- 

 land (St. 65), where the depth was 1089 fathoms and bottom-temperature — 3^ C. In Liitkens report 

 on the ichthyological results of the expedition it is referred to L. nuirceiia Coll. 



I) From Colletts measurements of a specimen from the Xorth-Atlantic Expedition; t!ie two otlier specimens are 

 from the Ingolf Expedition. 



The Ingolf-Expedilion. II. 4, 



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