IB- Teleostei. 



Subord. Acanthopterygii. 

 Fam. Scorpaenidae. 



Gren. Sebastes, Cuv. 

 Regne Animal, od. 2, torn. 2, p. 166 (1829). 



3. Sebastes marinus, (Lin.) 1766. 



PI. I, Fig. 3—4.' 



Perca marina, Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, tom. 1, p. 483 (1766). 

 Perca norvegica, Ascan. Ic. Rer. Nat. pt. 2, p. 7, tab. Hi (1772). 

 Holoc, nirus norvegicus, Lacép. Hist. Poiss., torn. 4, p. 327 (1789). 

 Holocentrus sanguineus, Faber, Xaturg. Fisehe Isl. p. 126 (1829). 

 Sebastes norvegicus, ( !uv. i Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss., tom. 4, p. 327 (1829). 

 Sebastes marinus, Liitk. Vid. Med. Naturh. Poren. Kbhvn. 1876, p. 358 

 (1876). 



Localit. fra Nordh.-Exped. Yngel Indiv. fra Havet 

 udenfor Beeren Eiland og Spitsbergen ; Unger fra Tana- 

 fjorden i Finmarken, samt fra Havet mellem Beeren Eiland 

 og Spitsbergen. 



Forplantning etc. Paa flere Stationer erholdtes, 

 saavel under 2det, som 3die Aars Togt, Yngel-Individer 

 svommende om i Vandskorpen midt ude paa Havet, og i 

 en Afstand fra nærmeste Land. der kunde gaa op til hen- 

 imod 400 Kilom. De erholdtes altid blot i det fine Over- 

 fladenet. blandede med forskjelbge pelagiske Crustaceer og 

 Molluskyngel. og dreve ojensynlig om med Strommen fra 

 den ene Del af Havet til den anden. Da de gjentagne 

 Gange bleve trufne under de samme Forholde, og paa vidt 

 adskilte Localiteter, kunne de ikke antages at være komne 



IB- Teleostei. 



Subord. Acanthopterygii. 

 Fam. Scorpænidæ. 



GJ-en. Sebastes, Cuv. 

 Regne Animal, éd. 2. tom. 2. p. 166 (1829). 



3. Sebastes marinus, (Lin.) 1766. 



Pl. I, fig. :!— 4. 



Perca marina, Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, tom. 1. p. 4*3 (1766). 

 Perca norvegica, Ascan. le. Rer. Nat. pt. 2. p. 7. tab. 16 (1772). 

 Holocentrus norvegicus, Lacép. Hist. Peiss., tom. 4. p. 390 (1789). 

 Holocentrus sanguineus, Faber, Naturg. Fisehe Isl. p. 126 (1829). 

 Sebastes norvegicus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss., tom. 4, p. 327 (1829). 

 Sebastes Marinus, Liitk. Vid. Med. Naturh. Foren. Kbhvn. 1*70. p. 35* 

 (1876). 



Locality ( North Atl.Exped. ) : — The open sea, west of 

 Beeren Eiland and Spitzbergen (fry) ; the Tana Fjord in Fin- 

 mark : and the expanse of ocean stretching between Beeren 

 Eiland and Spitzbergen (young examples). 



Propagation of Species &c. — At several stations 

 on the two last voyages fry-specimens were taken at the 

 surface of the water in mid-ocean, some nearly 400 kilom. 

 from land. They were invariably captured in the sur- 

 face-net, together with divers pelagic crustaceans and fry 

 of molluscs, and evidently drifted with the current from 

 one part of the sea to the other. Having been re- 

 peatedly observed in localities widely distant under pre- 

 cisely similar circumstances, this peculiarity of occurrrence 

 can hardly be explained as the result of accident alone. 



