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Individer er tildels dobbelt, Straalernes Antal ligger mellem 

 49 og 52; na nr Molir for sit Typ-Exemplar opgiver 54, tør 

 dette ansees som en individuel Afvigelse. hvis det ikke be- 

 ror paa en fejlagtig Undersøgelse. 



Cnudnleu udmærker sig fremfor de øvrige Arters ved 

 sin tilspidsede Form, der især bos de ældre Individer er 

 stærkt udpræget. Den er fuldkonmien adskilt fra Dorsa- 

 lens og Analens sidste Straaler, endskjont disse lægge sig 

 ud over Haleroden. Hos yngre Individer er Finnen noget 

 mindre tilspidset. Straalernes Antal er omtr. 15, hvortil 

 kommer et Antal korte og uleddede Støttestraaler paa hver 

 Side; de 11 — 12 mellemste er tydeligt articulerede, samt 

 kløvede. 



Pectoralerne tælle lo. sjeldnere 14 Straaler. ere jevnt 

 afrimdede, forholdsvis korte, samt indeholdes hos de yngre 

 Individer 8 — 10, hos ældre lige til lo Gange og derover i 

 Totallængden. Med Undtagelse af den øverste ere de alle 

 kløvede. 



Ventralerne ere af middels Længde, have 1 særdeles 

 kort, uleddet Straale, og 3 hengere leddede, tilsammen 4 

 Straaler. Hos yngre Individer indeholdes den endnu 17 

 Gange i Totallængden, men hos ældre lige til 29 Gange 

 (og derover). 



Sitlelinieii er særdeles utydelig, udspringer over Gjælle- 

 spalten, og følger efter sit hele Lob Legemets Midtfure. 

 Porerne ere yderst smaa og tætsiddende. 



Farven er blegt gulbrun med et stort Antal dels 

 større, dels mindre graabrune Pletter nedad Legemets Sider • 

 alene Bugen er uden Pletter, og noget mere sølvfarvet. 

 Størrelsen og Antallet af disse Pletter varierer betydeligt; 

 hos de fleste middelsstore Exemplarer sees omtrent 8 større 

 saadanne at strække sig henad Siderne under Midtlinien, 

 og undertiden tillige en lignende Række over denne, hvis 

 Pletter, der tildels gaa ud over Grunden af Dorsalerne, 

 alternere med den nedre Rækkes. Mellem disse staa altid 

 mindre Pletter og Skygninger, der ofte ere stærkt sam- 

 menlobende. 



Dorsalen har skraatløbende Tverbaand, Caudalen like- 

 ledes 3 — 4 (hos ældre Individer flere) Tverbaand, medens 

 de øvrige Finner synes uden Tegninger. Hovedet er mere 

 marmoreret, og har en messingfarvet Iris, hvis ovre Rand 

 er sort. 



Udbredelse. L. lomvpdraeformis er for Tiden kjendt 

 fra Crønland, Island. Spitsbergen, samt fra Europas Nord- 

 vestkyst ned til Kattegat. Medens der endnu foreligge 

 blot faa Individer fra Grønland og Island, er den flerr 

 Gange erholdt ved Spitsbergen allerede under de svenske 

 Expeditioner. og den gaar her op til idetmindste 80 N. B. 

 Derimod synes den ikke at være sjelden paa de fleste 

 Punkter langs den norske Kyst fra Finmarken af og ned 

 til Christianiafjorden, og jeg har optaget indtil et Dusin 

 Individer i et enkelt Kast med Torskegarn i Porsanger- 

 fjorden i Vest-Finmnrken. Deus Sydgrændse synes at vær.e 

 Bohuslen, hvor et Par Individer ere erholdte saa langt 



of the fish, sometimes becomes double in mature individuals. 

 Number of rays varying between 49 and 52; it is true. 

 Mohr gives 54 for his typical specimen, but this, if cor- 

 rectly observed, must be a mere individual deviation. 



Caudal, more especially in adults, characterised by 

 its acuminate form; it is separated from the terminal 

 rays in the dorsal and anal, which extend notwithstanding 

 beyond the base of the tail. Individuals comparatively 

 young have this fin somewhat less acuminate. Number of 

 rays about 15. exclusive of numerous short auxiliary rays 

 on either side, without articulation; 11 or 12 of the middle 

 ones distinctly articulated, and branched. 



Pectorals furnished with 15. more rarely with 14 

 rays ; uniform convex, comparatively short, their length, "in 

 young individuals, being as 1 to 8 — 10, in mature indivi- 

 duals as 1 to 13. and above. Pectoral rays all branched, 

 with the exception of the uppermost. 



Ventrals of moderate length; have 1 short ray. not 

 articulated, and 3 longer articulated rays. or. altogether. 4. 

 Length of tin. in young individuals, is to total length as 1 

 to 17. but in adults the proportion becomes as 1 to 29 

 (and even above 1 ). 



Lateral Line. — Very indistinct; commences immedi- 

 ately above the branchial opening, passing from thence 

 straight down the medial furrow of the body. The pores 

 closely set, and extremely minute. 



Colour. — Colour pale yellowish-brown, relieved with 

 a number of greyish-brown spots, extending laterally along 

 the body ; the abdomen alone spotless, and of a somewhat 

 more silvery appearance. These spots vary considerably in 

 magnitude and number; most middle-sized examples are 

 marked with a row of eight, stretching along the sides 

 below the mesial line, and occasionally, too, with a similar 

 series above, the spots composing it, which sometimes ex- 

 tend beyond the base of the dorsals, alternating with those 

 in the lower row. The interspace always exhibiting spots 

 and cloudings, the former frequently confluent. 



Dorsal marked with oblique transverse bands; the 

 caudal likewise has 3 or 4 transverse bands (in adults a 

 greater number), whereas the other tins would appear to 

 be without markings of any kind. Head to a greater ex- 

 tent mottled; irides of a brassy yellow-, black above. 



Distribution. — Up to the present time. L. hnupe- 

 træformis is known to occur on the coast of Greenland, 

 Iceland. Spitzbergen. and the shores of north-western Eu- 

 rope, as far south as the Cattegat, But few examples of 

 the species have been hitherto obtained from Greenland and 

 Iceland ; off Spitzbergen. however, it has been rejieatedly 

 observed, individuals having been taken on each of the 

 Swedish Expeditions to the Polar Sea. and its range ex- 

 tends at least as far north as SO 11 . Along the coast of 

 Norway, from Finmark to the Christiania Fjord, it would 

 appear to be rather a common fish in most localities: I 

 once took as a many as a dozen individuals at a single 



