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særdeles sjelden, idetmindste paa Dybderne udenfor denrie 

 Øgruppe. Endelig er den rundet ved Finmarkens Kyster 

 saavel østenfor Nordcap (i Vararigerfjorden), som i Vest- 

 Finmarken (Lyngen); den er i Norge liidtil ikke fondet 

 søndenfor 70° N. B. 



Fam. Cyclopteridae. 



Gren. Eunricrotremus, Grill. 



Proe. Ac. Nat. Sei. Philad. ,1864, p. 190 (1864). 



Legemet næsten hugleformigt, med kort Hale 

 og béklædt med store, conish til&pidsede Bentuberh- 

 ler. Iste Dorsal distinct, af Bygning som 2den 

 Dorsal: de øvrige Finner, samt Sugeskiven, som hos 

 Gyclopterus. Gjællespålten særdeles liden, dens 

 Hø/de mindre, end Øjets Diameter, beliggende hø/t 

 ovenfor Pectoral ernes Fæste. Sit/clinic tilstede. Virre 

 Rækher fine Trender i Kjæverne. 



11. Eumicrotremus spinosus, (Mull.) 1776. 



Pl. II. Fig-. Vi. 



Cyclopterus spinosus, Mull. Prodr. Zool. Dan. p. IX (1776). 

 Enmicrvtmtnt.i spinostis, (lill, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sei. Philad. Sopt. lsi>4. 



p. 190 11864). 

 Cyclopterus orbis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. Brit. Bins. vol. :;. p. 158 (1861). 



Diagn. Hovedet sturt, indeholdes 2 l \. 2 — 3 Gange i 

 Tofallængden. 2 Par tuheformige Ncesebor. Sugeskiven stor, 

 indeholdes Hilt over 4 Gange i Totallamgden. Amis ligger 

 'nærmere Sugeskiven; end Anoden. Bentuberklerne have bredt 

 rwndagtig Basis, ere tost chagrinerede, og danne 5 — 6 uregel- 

 messige Længderækker ; Trakten am Anus, samt Finner nr 

 ere nøgne. Sidelinien højtliggende, har omtrent 13 Porer. 

 Haleroden lav, indeholdes blot 2 / 3 Gange i Øjets Diameter. 

 Størrelsen indtil 160 mm - 



1 D. 6—7; 2 D. 10—12 (13); A. 10—12; P. 23—25; 

 C. 10—11. Lin. Int. 13. 



Loealit. fra Nordh.-Exped. Spitsbergen. 



ln Dr. Lutken it bas also been met with off the const off 

 [celand. On the const of Spitzbergen it is not. perhaps, 

 very rare, at Least in deep water off that group ol' islands. 

 It occurs, too. on the coast ol' Finmark, both cast of the 

 North Cape (in the Varanger Fjord) and in West Finmark 

 (Lyngen), but lias not hitherto been met with further south 

 than 7(1" N. 



Fam. Cyclopteridæ. 



Gren. Eumicrotremus, Grill. 

 Proe. Ae. Nat. Sei. Philad. 1864, p. \'M\ (1864). 



Bod// almost globular, studded with large osse- 

 ous tubercles, cuneiform in shape and pointed. First 

 dorsal distinct, similar in structure to second dorsal : 

 the other fins and the ventral disk as in Cyclopterus. 

 Branchial opening placed high above the base of 

 the pectorals, exceedingly narrow, its depth being less 

 than the diameter' of the eye. Lateral line obvious. 

 Several series of minute teeth in the jaws. 



11. Eumicrotremus spinosus, (Mull.) 1776. 



PI. II, fig. 13. 



Cyclopterus spinosus, Mull. Prodr. Zool. Dan. p. IX (177H). 

 Eumicrotremus spinosus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. Sept. lsi>4, 



p. inn (1864). 

 Oyclopterus orbis, Grunth. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. vol. :!, p. 15s (1361). 



Diagnosis. — Head large, length, to total length as 1 

 to S i j 2 — 3; 2 -pairs of tubular nostrils: rent ml disk large, 

 its diameter slightly exceeding one-fourth of the extreme length 

 of live body; vent nearer the disk than the anal: the osseous 

 tubercles, disposed in 5 — 6 irregular longitudinal rows, are 

 closely granulated, and broad at the base ; the region environing 

 the vent and the fins is smooth; lateral line, consisting, of 

 about 13 'pores, high up the side; root of tail slender, its 

 height being tiro-thirds only of the diameter of the eye. Length 

 reaching 160 mm - 



1 D. 6—7; 2 D. 10—12 (13): A. 10—12; P. 23—25; 

 C'. 10—11. Lin. Int. 13. 



