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Farvande, nemlig Grønland, Jan Maven, og Beeren Eiland. 

 Men sandsynligvis er dens Udbredelse betydeligl større, end- 

 skjønt den ]iaa Grund af sine Kinners Bygning maa anta- 

 ges at have en ringe Bevægelighed, og saaledes idethele 

 at være særdeles stationær, og den optræder derfor utvivl- 

 somt ogsaa paaHavbunden overalt paa passende Localiteter 

 imellem de nævnte Landsdele. 



1 afvigte Host (1879) havde jeg, ved Prof. Smitts 

 Imødekommen, Lejlighed til at undersøge de under „Gun- 

 hild"s Expedition Sommeren 1879 udenfor Arendal i Norge 

 optagne Fiske, der. aden endnn at være nøjere ondersøgte, 

 opbevaredes i Riks-Musæum i Stockholm. Blandt disse 

 fandtes 4 særdeles vel conserverede Exemplarer af denne 

 Art. optagne fra 350—370 Favnes 'Dyb (under 58° N. B.); 

 det maa derfor antages, at den heller ikke vil savnes paa 

 Dybderne. udenfor den øvrige Del afden norske Kyst. De 

 sidstnævnte Individer, hvis Totalhengde varierede mellem 

 56 og 63 . afvege i ingen Henseende fra Cndividerne fra 

 .lau Mayen og Beeren Eiland (cfr. Korh. Vid. Selsk. ('lira. 

 L880, No. 8). 



Arten er utvivlsoiut blandt Kipariderne en Dybvands- 

 form, og kan. som ovenfor nævnt, trænge ned idetmindste 

 til mellem 6 og 700 Favnes Dyb, hvor den i Regelen bebor 

 det iskolde Vand. hvis Temperatur kan gaa ned til — 1°C. 

 og derunder. Flere end de Individer, der ere omtalte i 

 de ovennævnte Bemærkninger, synes ikke at være hidtil 

 erholdte. 



Fam. Blenniidae. 



Gren- Liimpenus, Reinh. 



Overs. 183:")— 36, Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Xat. Math. Åfh. 6te Del, 



p. CX. Klihvn. 1837 (1835—36). 



Legemet særdeles langstrakt, beklædt med smaa 

 Skjæl. Sidelinie tilstede, men utydelig. lænder 

 nitid i Kjæverne, undertiden tillige paa Vomer og 

 paa Palatinbenene, riler paa et enkelt af disse Jim. 

 Snuden kort. Dorsalen lang, ligesom Analen; den 

 første >ln,inet udelukkende af Pigstraaler. ('andalen 

 distinct (undertiden red en Membran delvis forenet 

 med Dorsalen ,,g Analen). Ventralerne temmelig korte 

 og spinkle, siddende foran Pectoralerne. Gjællespal- 

 ten rid: Gjællehinderne ere sammenvoxede orer Isth- 

 mus, uden dog at danne nogen fri Fold. Gjælle- 

 straalerne b'. Pseudobranchier tilstede, ligesom Ap- 

 pendices pyloricae; Svømmeblære mangler. 



ol' tin' globe, vi/, the coasts of Greenland, dan Mayen, and 

 Beeren Kilaiid. Probably, however, it has a more extended 

 range ol' distribution, although, by reason ol' the structure 

 ol' the tins, it may he regarded as possessing hut limited 

 powers ol' locomotion, and in consequence, on the whole, 

 as stationary in its habits; it occurs; too. no doubl at the 

 bottom of the ocean in all favourable Localities between the 

 aforesaid regions. 



Kast autumn llST'.h Professor Smitt kindly afforded 

 me an apportunity of examining the fishes taken on the 

 "Guihild" Expedition, in the summer of L879, off Arendal, 

 in Norway, which, without having been specially examined, 

 were preserved in the Riks Museum at Stockholm. Amongst 

 the fishes obtained on that occasion were 4 good examples 

 of this species, brought up from a depth of 350 .'ITt* 

 fathoms (lat. 58° A'.): and hence we may safely assume, 

 that it will not he found wanting in the depths off the 

 remainder of the Norwegian coast. The specimens in 

 question, whose extreme length ranged between 56""™ and 

 73""", dift'ered in no wise from the individuals obtained 

 from the shores of dan Mayen and Beeren Eiland. 



This species is unquestionably a deep-sea form of the 

 Lipwrididæ, and. as stated above, can descend at least 

 600—700 fathoms below the surface, inhabiting as a rule 

 the frigid depths, where the temperature of the water can 

 he as low as. and even lower than. — 1" (_'. The specimens 

 mentioned here would appear to he the only examples of 

 the species as yet obtained. 



Fam. Blenniidæ. 



Gren. Lumpenus, Reinh. 



Overs. 1835— 36, Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Alh. 6te Del, 



p. ('X. Kbhvn. 1837 (1835—36). 



Body exceedingly elongated, covered with minutt 



seides. Lateral line present, hut indistinct. Teeth 

 in jaws; sometimes on the romm- and the palatine 

 bora-s, or on one of these hones only. Snout short. 

 Dorsal, like the anal, long: the former composed 

 exclusively of spinous rags. ( audal distinct, some- 

 times united to dorsal and anal hg a connective 

 membrane. Yentrals short and slender, anterior 

 to the pectorals. dill -aperture wide, branchial 

 membranes continuous across the isthmus, without 

 however producing a free fold. Branchiostegous 

 rags (i. Pseudobranchiæ and 'pyloric appendages 

 'present; swimming-bladder wanting. 



