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Measurements — Continued. 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Lengtli of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of longest spine (4th) 



Length of last spine 



Distance between dorsals 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Length of base 



Length of antecedent spine 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of third spine 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays from origin. 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



. Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pectoral 



Millimeters. \ Millimeters. 



82 

 45 

 6 

 11 

 30 



37 

 18 

 29 

 13 



141 

 29 

 6 

 12 

 17 

 28 

 28 

 13 



32 



44 



61 

 33 



73 



34 



IX-1, 12 



III, 11 



Ventral 



Kumber of scales in lateral line 



Number of transverse rows above lateral line 



Number of transverse rows from anal origin to lateral line 

 Number of gill-rakers 



10 

 14 

 ii 



300 



165 



9 



28 

 82+ 

 15 

 17 



140 

 30 

 97 

 46 



575 

 91 

 11 

 21 

 30 

 87 

 87 

 42 



106 

 132 



215 

 119 



285 



127 



IX-1, 12 



m, 11 



18 

 1.5 

 69 

 10 

 14 



NOTES ON SOME GREENLAND FISHES. 

 ^y H. O. OREitiEI., 



Ensign, United States Navy. 



During the months of July and August, 1883, while attached to the 

 United States steamship Yantic which accompanied the Greely relief 

 steamer Proteus to Greenland, I was enabled to obtain several species 

 of the fishes inhabiting the waters of that region. I have increased the 

 list by the examination of a collection of fishes obtained in Davis Straits 

 by Mr. N. P. Scudder in the summer of 1879. 



Sixteen species are mentioned in this paper, and comparatively full 

 notes have been made upon them. Those of especial interest are Iceliis 

 Jiamatus, and Salvelimis stagnaiis, full descriptions of which are given. 

 They all form part of the National Museum collection, and the num- 

 bers accompanying them are those of the Museum Eegister. 



Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming. 



Pleuronectes hippoglossus, Linne, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, p. 456. 

 Hippoglossus vulgaris Fleming, Brit. Auim., 1828, p. 197 ; Gunther, Cat" 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, p. 403. 



A skin, jSTo. 2862G, was obtained by Mr. IST. P. Scudder in Davis Straits 

 July 12, 1879. The fish was caught in a depth of 50 or 60 fathoms. The 



