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derfor i 1862 de samme Cndivider, der iøvrigt vare yderst 

 sirt vedligeholdte, som ovenfor Qævnt under Navnet Livaris 

 (Careprodus) reinhardt. Endtil nve og authentiske Under- 

 søgelser af Pallas' Art foreligge, vælger jeg derfor, ligesom 

 Krøyer, at betegne vor Art med dm af den sidstnævnte 

 Naturforsker givne Benævnelse, der er den førstej der 

 utvivlsomt vedrøre denne Art. 



1 >et kan i denne Forbindelse nævnes, at Prof. Peters 

 i Pallas's Liparis gelatinosus, uler iøvrigt er bpstillet efter 

 et slet og tørret Exemplar), ser blot dr senere Forfatteres 

 L. fdbricii, og lian opstillede derfor aUe de under Germania- 

 og Hansa-Expeditionen ved Øst-Grønland i 1870 og 71 ind- 

 samlede Individer under denne Pallas's Art. muler hvilken 

 som Synonym opføres baade L. tunicatus, Reinh., og L. 

 fdbricii, Kr. (2te Deutsche Nord-Polarfahrt, II. Saiigéth. 

 und Kischc p. 171 ). 



Blandt de atlantiske Liparider kommer idethele Slægten 

 ( 'areproctus vistnok nærmest denne saakaldte Liparis fabricii, 

 der synes at have tilfælles med Careprodus det høje og 

 stumpe Hoved, og den i Størrelse noget reducerede Suge- 

 skive. L. fabricii, der maaske blot vil vise sig at udgjøre 

 Ungformen af de senere Forfatteres L. tunicatus, er imid- 

 lertid fuldstændig adskilt ved sin forholdsvis korte og plumpe 

 Form. og fremfor alt ved Stillingen af Anus. der hos denne 

 Art ikke afviger væsentlig fra det typiske hos Slægten 

 Liparis. (Denne Art erholdtes ikke under Nordhavs- 

 Expeditionen). 



Bemærkninger til Beskrivelsen. Arten er af Krøyer 

 (Naturh. Tidsskr. 3 Række, 1 B.1862) udførligt bleven 

 beskrevet, saaledes at der nedenfor blot meddeles et 

 Par supplerende Bemærkninger. Det charaeteristiske for 

 denne mærkelige Form er Sugeskiven. der er saa overor- 

 dentlig reduceret i Størrelse, at den kun bliver ubetydeligt 

 større, end Øjendiameteren. Den er fremdeles saa langt 

 fremrykket, at den har sit Leje lige mellenr Pectoralernes 

 forreste Ende. og næsten skjult af disses Straaler. 



Umiddelbart bagenfor Sugeskiven. i neppe over en Øjen- 

 diameters Afstand fra denne, ligger Analaabningen, der er 

 tjernet omtrent ligesaa langt fra Analtinnen. som fra Snu- 

 despidsen. Denne abnorme Stilling har selvfølgelig ogsaa sin 

 Indriydelsepaa Anordningen aflndvoldenesLeje og deres Form. 



Halen er særdeles lang og tynd. Ved Sammenligning 

 af alle Nordhavs-Expeditioiiens 3 Individer, hvis Størrelse 

 ligger mellem 56 og 79 fflra , fremgaar det, at Halepartiet til- 

 tager stærkere under Legemets fremadskridende Væxt, end 

 de øvrige Legemsdele. Saaledes indeholdes Hovedlængden 

 bos det mindste Individ ikke fuldt 4 Gange. Ims det stør- 

 ste næsten 5 Gange i Totallængden, Legemshojden hos det 

 mindste noget over 4 1 /* Gange, hos det største over 6 

 Gange i Totallængden. 



Øjnene ere forholdsvis store, og indeholdes knapt 4 

 Gange i Hovedets Længde. Blot 1 Par Xæsebor kan sees 

 paa de foreliggende Exemplarer; disse ere ikke forsynede 

 med Tuber. 



apparently with g I reason, to question their identity, and 



hence he classed, as previously stated, in 1862, the same 

 specimens (in a had state) under the name of Liparis (Car- 

 eprodus) reinhardt. Till new individuals of Pallas's species 

 shall have been procured and carefully examined. 1 prefer, with 

 Kroyer, to designate the species in question by the appel- 

 lation that naturalist suggests. - - the first unquestionably 

 referring to this species. 



In connexion with this subject it may not he out of 

 place to remark that Professor Peters regards Pallas's 

 Liparis gelatinosus (which was established from a dried and 

 defective specimen) as identical with the L. fabricii of 

 later authors, and he has therefore referred all of the in- 

 dividuals collected on the "Germania" and -Hansa" Expe- 

 ditions off the east coast of Greenland to that species, 

 including both L. hmicatus, Reinh. and L. fabricii, Kr. as 

 synonyms (Zweite Deutsche Nord-Polarfahrt. II. p. 171). 



Of the Atlantic Liparides, the genus Careprodus 

 resembles on the whole the so-called Liparis fabricii, having 

 in common with that species the head deep and obtuse and 

 the ventral disk somewhat reduced in size. But L. fabricii, 

 which possibly will prove to be merely the immature form 

 of the L. tunicatus of subsequent authors, is nevertheless 

 perfectly distinct, as seen by its comparatively short and 

 clumsy body, more especially however by the position of 

 the anus, which in this species deviates but little from 

 that typically characteristic of the genus Liparis. (No 

 specimen of this species was taken on the Expedition). 



Descriptive Observations. — Of this species, a detailed 

 description has been furnished by Kroyer (Naturb. Tidsskr. 

 3 Række, 1 B. 1862), and hence but a few supplementary 

 observations are here subjoined. The characteristic feature 

 distinguishing this very peculiar form is the ventral disk, 

 of so reduced dimensions that its diameter scarcely exceeds 

 that of the eye. Moreover, it is placed so far in advance 

 as to give it a position between the anterior extremities 

 of the pectorals, by the rays of which it is almost bidden. 



Not more than an eye-diameter posterior to the ven- 

 tral disk is the vent, at about the same distance from the 

 anal fin as from the point of the snout. This abnormal 

 position, too. cannot but influence the arrangement and 

 form of the intestines. 



Tail very long and tenuous. On comparing together 

 the three specimens obtained on the North Atlantic, Expe- 

 dition, of dimensions ranging from 56'"'" to 79""". it was 

 manifest that, as the growth of the body progresses, the 

 caudal region develops more rapidly than do the other parts. 

 Thus, the length of the head, in the smallest example, was 

 not ipiite one-fourth, in the largest, nearly one-fifth of the 

 total length: the proportion of the depth of the body to 

 the total length, in the smallest example, slightly exceeded 

 that of 1 to 4 1 ... in the largest that of 1 to 6. 



Eyes comparatively large, rather more than one-fourth 

 of the length of the head. Only one pair of nostrils can 

 be discerned in the specimens examined; they are not 

 furnished with tubes. 



