, . THE FISHES OF THE «INGOLF» EXPEDITIONS. 



faither down at the inferior part of the preopercle. In the young ones they are hardly to be disting- 

 uished with the exception of two tubercles behind the eyes. There are four dark -coloured bands, 

 one over the base of the tail, one over the hind part of the dorsal fin and downwards to the anal 

 fin, a third over the foremost part of the dorsal down towards the pectorals and a fourth — especially 

 distinct in the younger — transversely over the front, the eyes and the cheeks. 

 The Stations of C. microps at the <'Ingolf>> voyages were: 



Stat. Lat. X. Long. W. 

 9: 64° 18' 27" 00' (We.st of Iceland), 295 fathoms, clay, bottom temp. 5''.8 C. (size 45 and 30"""). 



28: 65" 14' 55^42' (West of Sukkertoppen), 420 fathoms, soft browai gray mud v.'ith many Rhabdain- 



uiiiitr, bottom temp. 3°.5 C. (45""°). 



32: 66^35' 56'' 38' (Davis Strait, off Holsteinsborg), 318 fathoms, brown gray mud with many Rl/abda 1/1- 



niina^ bottom temp. 3^.9 C, male and female (160 and So"""'). 



35: 65° 16' 55" 05' (Southwest of Sukkertoppen), 362 fath., brownish mud with arenaceous foraminifera, 



bottom temp. 3-\6 C. (52"""). 



126: 67' 19' 15' 52' (North of Iceland), 293 fathoms, gray brown, blue claylike mud, bottom temperature 



^o'-sC, female (154"""). 



141: 63" 22' 6-58' (North of the Faroe Islands), 679 fath., gray mud, bottom tp. -^ 0-.6 C, male (170"""). 



Cottunculus torvus Goode (Thompsoni txiinther) 



was described almost contemporaneously under the name cited, by Brown Goode and Tar le ton 

 Bean (Report on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alex. Agassiz, Report on the fishes, 

 Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology*, X, 5, 1883, p. 213) and by Alb. Giinther (Report 

 on the deep-sea fishes, the voyage of H. M. S. «Challenger», 1887, p. 61, pi. XI, fig. B). It is figured by 

 Giinther and by Leon VaiUant (Expeditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du TaHsman > 1880 — 83, 

 Poissons (1888), p. 361, pi. 28, fig. 3), whose figure however, as stated in the text, is defective, the artist 

 having overlooked the first part of the dorsal. The localities, from which this species is known, are 

 I) The ((Faroe Channel) at 535 fathoms depth (size 7^^ inches). 2) The 5 specimens of the length of 

 62 — 407""", fished by the American deep-sea expeditions at 464—723 fathoms at 33° 42' Lat North to 

 41° 32' Lat. North and at 65" 55' Long. West to 76= Long. W. 3) The French expeditions obtained 9 

 specimens (35—146™™) off the Sudan coast and at the banc d'Arguin . at depths of 1 139— 1459 metres. 

 4) With the (Fyllas a specimen, 150""° lang, was obtained in Davis Strait (66" 49' Lat. North, 56^28' 

 Long. West, at a depth of 235 fathoms, sand and ooze bottom, bottom temp. 4'.4 C.) (■ Viden.sk. Meddel. 

 fra den naturh. Forening) 1891, p. 29). 5) With .Ingolf. finally a specimen was obtained, a female, 

 184™-", at station 83 (Denmark Strait, South west of Iceland), 62" 25' Lat. North, 28^30' Long. West, 

 depth 912 fathoms, temperature at the bottom 3 .5 C. 



This Cottiniathis is smooth without granulations etc., light gray without designs; the head is 

 strongly provided with coniform tubercles on front, top and sides of the head, opercles etc. A specimen 

 from the American deep-sea expeditions has been before me for comparison; young specimens are 

 not at hand. 



