DISCUSSION OF SPECIES .VXD THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 305 



Examples were also obtaiiietl by tlie Albatronn from station 2-1:70, in H^ 47' N. lat., 66° 33' 

 45" W. long., at a deptli of 224 futboms; and from station 2187, in 39^ 49' 30" N. lat., 71° 

 10' VV. long., at a deptb of 420 fatboms; and by tbe Fish Hawh (Gat. Xo. 28920, U. S. N. M.) 

 from station 998, in 39° 43' N. lat., 71° 42' W. long., at a deptb of 302 fathoms. 



LYCODES RETICULATUS, Kbin'hakdt. (Figures 273, 281, A, B.) 



Lycodes reticulaUia, Reixiiahdt, loc. cit., 167. — GCntiier, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 320. — Gill, loc. lit., 260. — 



COLLEIT, loc. cit., 84. 

 Lycodes Eossi, Malmgren, 1864. (Specimens from Spelzbergen ; fide CoUett.) 

 Lycodes ijraciHs, Sars, ForhaiuU. Vid. Selsk. Christ., 1867, 40-45, tab. i, tigs. 1-3 (from Driibak). 

 Lycodes perspwillum, Kroyer, Dausk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhaudl., 1845, 233. — GCnther, loc. cit., 320. — (iiLL, 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1863, 260. 



Body moderately elongate; its beigbt about onc-eigbtb of its leugtb. Length of head 

 twice the height of the body; snout long; the maxillary extending beyond vertical from 

 middle of eye; distance of vent from veutrals more than leugtb of head. Body entirely 

 covered with scales; vertical tins naked. 



Racbal formula: D. 94; A. 75; V. 4; Pyl. cffic, 2. 



Color, brownish, with a network of black lines on head and body; those on the 

 body in live groups, the three anterior of which are partly visible on the dorsal (in; dorsal 

 dark-edged. 



The Albatrosii obtained specimens from station 2453, in 47° 10' N. lat., 51° 02' W. Ion., 

 at a depth of 82 fathoms; from station 2452, in 47° 04' X. lat., 58° 48' W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 89 fathoms; and from station 2052, in 24° 12' 30" IST. lat., 77° 13' W. Ion., at a depth of 

 140 fathoms; and tbe Fish Enwh (Gat. No. 26357, U. S. N. M., and Gat. No. 2C358, U. S. 

 Nat. Mus.), fi'om station 801, in Vineyard Sound, Narragansett Bay, in 17 fathoms. 



LYCODES FRIGIDUS, Collett. (Figure 274.) 

 Lycodes frigidus, Collett, Forb. Selsk. Christ., 1878, Nos. 14, 45. 



Color in adults, uniform gray-violet without bauds or spots. Size large, reaching 500 

 millimeters and upward. Scales comparatively small, covering the entire body, but not 

 the head, nor the base of dorsal and anal; in the young the middle of the belly, the base 

 of the tins, and the fins themselves are usually naked. Teeth present on the intermaxilla 

 and mandible, tbe palatines and vomer. In adults the height of the body is contained Gi 

 times, in the young as many as 9i times in the total length. The head is wide and flat, 

 its length ccmtained from 4 to 4.;V times in the total length. Lateral line low, extending from 

 the upjjer end of tbe gill-opening in a curved direction down toward the vent, Irom where 

 it runs close along the anal to the end of the tail. 



B. 5; D. 93-98, (including one-half of caudal, 99-104): A. 80-85 (including one-half of 

 caudal, 85-90); P. 20-21; V. 3. (Collett, loc. cit.) 



The Albatross obtained specimens from station 2110, in 35° 12' 10" N. lat., 74° 57' 15" 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 510 fathoms; from station 2530, in 40° 53' 30" N. lat., 00° 24' W. Ion., 

 at a ilcpth of 950 t\ithoms; from station 2115, in .35^ 49' 30" N. lat., 74° 34' 45" W. Ion., at 

 a depth of 843 fathoms; from station 2116, in 35o 45' 23" N. lat., 74° 31' 25" W. Ion., at a 

 depth of 888 fathoms; from station 2209, in 39° 34' 45" N. lat., 71° 31" 30" W. Ion., at a 

 depth of 1,080 fathoms; from station 2530, in 40° 53' 30" N. lat., OOo 24' W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 950 fathoms; from station 2550, in 39° 44' 30" N. lat., 70° 30' 45" W. Ion., at a deptli of 

 1,081 fiithoms; Gat. No. 33429, U. S. N. M., from .station 2072, in 41° 53' N. lat., G3^ 35' W. 

 Ion., at a depth of 838 fathoms; Gat. No. 35582, U. S.N. M., from station 2100, in 39^35' N. 

 lat., 710 24' 30" ^Y. Ion., at a depth of 1,043 fathoms; Gat. Nos. 35509, .3.5571, and 35574, U. 

 S. N. M., from station 2203, in 39^34' 15" W. Ion., at a depth of 705 fathoms; Cat. No. 

 35438, U. S. N. M., from station 2180, in 39° 29' 50" N. lat., 71° 49' 30" W. Ion., at a depth 

 of 523 fathoms ; Cat. No. 35439, TJ. S. N. M., from station 2 182, in .39° 25' 30" N. lat., 71° 44, 

 W. Ion., at a depth of 801 fathoms; Gat. No. .55.582, U. S. N. M., from station 2115, in 35o 49' 

 30" N. lat., 740 34' 45" W. Ion., at a depth of 843 fathoms; Cat. No. 35552, U. S. N. M.,from 

 station 2210, in .39^ 47' N. lat., 700 30' ;5o" W. h)n., at a depth of 903 fathoms; Gat. No. 

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