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Udbredelse. Da Artsbegrændsningen lios denne 

 Slægt endnu i tiere Henseender er usikker, kan Udbredel- 

 sen af L. lineatus endnu ikke med Nøjagtighed opgives. 

 Flere Omstændigheder tyde dog paa, at den har en for- 

 holdsvis vid Udbredelse; foruden at den under en Mang- 

 foldighed af Farvevarieteter forekommer fra Østersøen og 

 England af, cg laugs den svensk-danske og hele den norske 

 Kyst op til Spitsbergen, hvor den endnu under 80° N. B. 

 naar en frodig Udvikling, forekommer den desuden ved Is- 

 land, Grønland, og Nordamericas Kyster ned til New 

 England-Staterne. idet den er fanden, ifølge Goode & Bean, 

 i Massachusetts Bay. Mod Øst gaar den idetmindste ind 

 i det hvide Hnv .(hvorfra den beskreves af Lepechin alle- 

 rede i 1774). 



13. Liparis bathybii, Coll. 1878, (u. sp.) 

 Pl. II, Fig. 14. 



Liparis (Paraliparis) bathybii, Coll. Forh. Vid. Sclsk Chra. 1878, No. 

 14, p. 32 (1878). 



Diagn. Hovedet kort og rundt: dets Længde lig Le- 

 gemets største Højde, og indéholdes o'/ 2 Gange i Totatt. Øjet 

 (Orbita) stort; dets Længdediameter indéholdes 3 l ]i (lauge i 

 Hocedets Længde. og omtrent P/s Gange i Interorbitalrummets 



Bredde. Dorsalen og Anoden bedække 2 / 3 af Caudalen. 

 Smulen kort, uhétgdeligt hengere, end Orbita. Peetoralens 

 øvre og nedre Parti adskilte ved et, Mellemrum, der er 

 opfyldt af 3 — 4 rudimentære Straaler. (Øynene, Sugeskiven, 

 og Beliggenlteden af Anus tdiekjendt). Farven sandsyn- 

 ligvis overcdt hrunsort. Størrelsen hos det undersøgte Individ 

 (en Hun) 208"""- 



M. B. 7. D. 59; A. 51; P. 13f.\(i)j3; C. S'. 



Localit. fra Nordh. Exped. 

 Biland. 



Havet vestenfor Beeren 



Bemærkninger til Synonymien. Det erholdte Indi- 

 vid fandtes ved Trawlnettets Undersøgelse i en særdeles 

 medtngen Tilstand indeklemt mellem Stene og Lat. saaledes, 

 at det kun med den største Vanskelighed lod sig løsne. 

 Huden, der sandsynlig vis har siddet ganske løst, var næsten 

 overalt frareven, eller hængte i løse Fryndser; dette har i 



Distribution. — The specific limits of this genus 

 being as yet in many respects undetermined, the exact 

 range of Liparis lineatus cannot be given. Divers circum- 

 stances lead us however to infer that the species is widely 

 distributed; besides occurring — with regard to colour in 

 numerous varieties — in the Baltic, on the shores of 

 Great Britain, and on the Swedish. Danish, and Nor- 

 wegian coasts, as far north as -Spitzbergen. where, in 

 lat. 80° N., it attains a high degree of development, 

 the species likewise inhabits the shores of Iceland and 

 Greenland, its range extending from thence along the North 

 American coast, as far south as New England, having been 

 observed in Massachusetts Bay. L. lineatus has been met 

 with as far east as the White Sea. the first to describe 

 it as occurring there having been Lepecbin. in 1774. 



13. Liparis bathybii. Coll. 1878, (n. sp.) 



PI. II, no-. 14. 



Liparis (ParaTipavis) bathybi 

 14. p. 32 (1878). 



Cull. Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 1878, No. 



Diagnosis. — Head short and globular: equal in. 

 length to the depth of the body, and is to total length as 1 

 to-5 1 ,-,: eyes (orbitce) large, their longitudinal diameter being 

 to the length of the head as 1 to3 l j->, and to width of inter- 

 orbital space about as 1 to Pj--,: the dorsal aud anal 

 fins covering two-thirds of the caudal; snout short, but 

 slightly exceeding the diameter of the orbit: the upper and 

 lower divisions of the pectorals are separated by a space fur- 

 nished with 3 — 4 rudimentary rags (concerning the eyes, 

 the ventral disk, and the position of the vent nothing isknown). 

 Colour brownish-black. Length of body in the specimen 

 e.camined (female) 208"""- 



M. B. 7: D. 59: A. 51; P. i3/3(4)/3; C. 8. 



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

 west of Beeren Eiland. 



Observations on the Synonymy. — The specimen 

 obtained was brought up with the trawl-net in a very 

 mutilated condition, being jammed in between stones and 

 clay, in such a manner that the greatest difficulty was 

 experienced in extricating it. The skin, which in all pro- 

 liability was very lax:, had been torn off over the whole 



