THE FISHES OF THE aNGOLF» EXPEDITIONS. 



Station 83: 62° 25' Lat. N., 28^ 30' Long. W., at a depth of 912 fathoms, S. W. of Iceland, with a bottom- 

 temperature of 3.5 C. The height of the body i.s contained somewhat more than 5 times (i : 5.3) in 

 the total length, reckoned to a line between the points of the caudal fin; the length of the head 

 (164'""') is one third of the total length (to the cleft of the caudal fin); the diameter of the eye equals 

 the distance from the eye to the point of the snout, not one fourth of the length of the head; the 

 upper jaw terminates in a line with the posterior border of the pupil; the breadth of the somewhat 

 hollow front is somewhat smaller than the ocular diameter or the snout. 



On the southern and eastern hemisphere Alepoccplialus is partly represented by Bathyfrnctcs, 

 which should perhaps be united with Alcpocephaliis. Of the 10 species enumerated in <;Oceanic 

 Ichthyology ' 7 are Atlantic. 



Scopelmi. 



Species of Scopchts are caught at 8 «stations., but they have almost all suffered so nmch 

 from their being taken in dredges or the trawls, that the light-spots are only visible in part. Some 

 specimens I have identified as S. donga 1 11 s\ the others belong to the less elongate species. The 

 following list therefore tells, that in the zone traversed by the «Ingolf» between 61° and 65° Lat. North 

 are to be found the species of Scopcliis enumerated at the noted depths, on the bottom, if they are 

 not captured during the bawling up of the implements used; but experience will also show that it 

 is not through bottom fishery, that one may procure a good material of these animals, equalling that 

 furnished by the surface. 



I refer the reader to my «Bidrag til nordisk Ichthyographi VIII. Nogle nordiske Laxesild 

 (Scopelini) : in the «Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening i Kjobenhavn:, 1881, 

 and to tSpolia Atlantica, Scopelini Musei Zoologici etc. ■■ (K. D. Vid. Selsk. Skrifter 6. Rsekke, VII, 6). 



Stat. Lat. N. Lgtd. \V. Fathoms 



12 

 17 

 25 

 27 



35 



40 



81 



141 



64'' 38' 32=37 



62' 49' 26° 55' 



63 30' 54° 25' 



64-54' 55° 10' 



65" 16' 55" 05' 



62- 00' 21° 36' 



61' 44' 27° 00' 



63" 22' 6" 58' 



1040 (Denmark Strait, W. of Iceland) Sc. clongatus Risso and Sc. glacialis Rhdt. 



745 (S. W. of Iceland) Scop, orcticus Ltk. 



582 (W. of Godthaab) Scop, arcticits L,tk. 



393 (S. W. of Sukkertoppen) Scop, glacialis Rhdt. 



362 (same place) Scop, glacialis Rhdt. 



845 (S. of Iceland) Scop, clongatus Risso. 



485 (S. W. of Iceland) | 



I Scop, glacialis Rhdt. 



679 (East of Iceland) ) 



Cyclothone (Gonostoma) microdon Gthr. 



For this widely diffused species I shall refer to my remarks in my «Korte Bidrag til nordisk 

 Ichthyographi VIII (< Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den naturhistoriske Forening* 1891, p. 216 — 19, 

 article 5 on Gonostoma (Cyclothone) niicrodoji Gthr. and to my description and figure in my «Spolia 

 Atlantica, Scopelini Musei Zoologici etc.;. (K. D. Vid. Selsk. Skr. (6) VII, 6, tab. II, fig. 4—5). At an 

 early time (1843) we got this little Scopelid from the Baffin Ba)-. The (Challenger Expedition, got 



The Ingolf-Expedition. II, t. 2 



