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bidte i Stykker af omtrent 8""" Længde; Laaget og sture 

 Stykker af Legemet af Bucdmvm hyd/rophanum, Hane. 

 medens intet Spor fandtes af Skallet, som den saaledesmaa 

 have itubidt og atter udspyttet, baden Dyret blev slugt; 

 Sm.i.-istykker af en af de guldhaarede Annelider, der syntes 

 at være Laetmonice Jilicornis, Kink: et helt Expl. at' den 

 af Gr. 0. Sårs beskrevne [sopode Uyarachna hirticeps ; Dele 

 af den i mvsten alle Kiskemaver optrædende Hyperide The- 

 misto libdlula, Mandt, samt endelig Kjæverne af en liden 

 Onge af en Cephalopode, maaske enRossia. Hosdetnæst- 

 største Individ, optaget fra 459 Favne, var Ventrikelen 

 fuldproppet af Themisto libéllula, men indeholdt ingen andre 

 gjenkj endelige Levninger. 



Udbredelse. Ligesom de øvrige arctiske Cottoider 

 synes C. microps ikke at have nogen særdeles indskrænket 

 Odbredelse, men forekommer endnu tennnelig langt mod 

 Syd paa Dybderne udenfor de norske Kyster. Foruden 

 Nordhavs-Expeditionens 3 Individer fra Havet omkring 

 Spitsbergen, hvoraf det nordligste optoges under 80" N. B.. 

 foreligger, som tidligere nævnt, et Yngel-Individ fra Ham- 

 merfest i Yesttinmarken. optaget i 1874. samt en noget 

 større Unge. optaget af Conservator Storm fra 180 Favnes 

 Dyb i Trondhjemsfjorden Hosten 1878 (63 1 /,," N. B.). Som 

 en ægte Bundtisk forekommer den sandsynligvis stationær 

 paa passende Localiteter langs hele den mellemliggende Del 

 af de norske Kyster, og utvivlsomt ogsaa ved de øvrige 

 arctiske Landsdele eller i Havet mellem dem. idetmindste 

 paa Ishavets europæiske Side; dog bebor den vistnok blot 

 de større Dybder, hvor Apparaterne hidtil ikke have været 

 fuldt hensigtsmæssige til ( ►ptagelsen af saadanne Dyb- 

 vandsformer. 



Gren. Oottvis, Lin. 

 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, tom. 1. p. 4.~.1 (1766). 



5. Cottus scorpius, Lin. 1766. 



Cottus scorpius, Lin. Syst. Nat. ed. 1'-', tom. 1. p. 452 (1766). 

 Cottus groenlandicus, Cuv. & Val. Hist, Nat. Poiss. tom. 4, p. 156 (1829). 

 Cottus mitehillii, Cuv. & Val. Hist, Nat. Poiss. tom. 4. p. Iss (1829). 

 Cottus porosus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. tom. 8, p. 498 (1831). 

 Acanthi etes labradoricus, Gir. Bost. Joura. Nat. Hist. vol. (i. p. -li'. 



tal.. T. tig. :; (1850). 

 Acanthocottus ocellatus, H. R. Storer. Post. Journ. Nat. Hist. vol. 6, p. 



■i:<:\ (1850). 

 i 'nit,,, glaciates, Rich. Last. Aret. Voy. Belch, vid. J. p. 349, tal.. ■_>:; . is:.:.,. 



Et yngre Individ med en Totall. af 81 en Hoved- 



længde af 27 """. erholdtes paa ringe Dyb ved Norsk-Øerne 

 paa Spitsbergens Nordside den 16de Aug. 1878. Intet 

 Luliv. optoges paa de øvrige fra Land mere fjernede Sta- 

 tioner, og Arten er utvivlsomt en Kystform blandt Cottoiderne. 



Den norske Nordhavsexpedition. Collett: Fiske. 



Spiochcetoptems typicus, M, Sårs (described in -Kanna 



Littoralis Norvegiæ," Part 2. L856), about 8 in length; 



the operculum, together with large fragments of the body. 



(if Buccimim hydrophamm, Hane. (no vestige could be 

 detected id' the shell, wliich the lish must have crushed and 

 ejected before proceeding to swallow the animal): small 

 fragments of one of the golden haired Annelids, apparently 

 Lætmonice jilicornis, Kinb. : an entire example of the Iso- 

 pod Uyarachna hirticeps, <i. < *. Sars: portions of the Hy- 

 peroid Themisto libellula, Mandt, occurring in the stomachs 

 (d' almost all fishes: and finally the jaws of a young Ceph- 

 alopod. possibly a Eossia. In the specimen next in size 

 (4;")'.) fathoms) the ventricle was distended with numerous 

 individuals of Themisto lifoeMula. 



Distribution. — As is the case with the Arctic 

 Oottoids generally. C', microps would not appear to have a very 

 limited range, occurring as it does comparatively far south, 

 in deep water off the coast of Norway. Exclusive of the 

 three individuals obtained on the Expedition off Spitzber- 

 gen, the most northerly in lat. 80" N.. a fry-specimen 

 was. as before mentioned, taken near Hammerfest. West 

 Finmark, in 1874. and a young example, by conservator 

 Storm, at a depth of ISO fathoms, in the Drontheim Fjord. 

 in the autumn of 1878 (lat. 63'/ N.). As a tvue bottom- 

 species, this form probably is met with stationary, in fa- 

 vourable localities, along the entire intermediate line of 

 the Norwegian coast, and no doubt, too. throughout the 

 Arctic regions generally, or the intervening tracts of 

 ocean, at least in the European division of the Polar Sea; 

 without doubt, however, its habitat lies at depths from which 

 the apparatus hitherto devised has not been fully adapted 

 for obtaining specimens. 



Gren. Cottus, Lin. 



Syst. Nat. ed. li', torn. 1. ].. 4.".1 (1766). 



5. Cottus scorpius, Lin. 1766. 



Cottus scorpius, Lin. Sysi. Nat. ed. 12, torn. 1, p. 4.V2 (1766). 

 Cottus granlandieus, Cuv. & Val. Hist, Nat. Poiss. torn. 4. p. 156 (1829). 

 Cottus mitehillii, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Prn'ss. torn. 4. p. 188 (1829). 

 Cottus porosus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. torn. 8, p. 4>is (1831). 



Acantliocottvs lahrathirictus. Oil - . Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. vol. I>. p. '-'47. 



tab. 7. fis. :'. (1850). 

 Acanthocottus ocellatus, H. R. Storer. Best. Journ. Nat. Hist. vol. (i. 



p. 253 (1850). 

 Cottus glaciates, Rich. Last. Arct. Voy. Belch, vol. -J. p. 349, tal., -j:'. . 1855). 



A young individual, total length 81 """. length of bead 

 27""". was obtained off the Norsk Islands, northern coast. of 

 Spitzbergen, Aug. 16th 1878. No example was taken at 

 any of the other stations farther from land; the spe- 

 cies is undoubtedly a littoral form of the family. 



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