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Diagn. Farven brunsori med hvidgul Nakkeplet, og 

 med 5 8 hvidgule Tverbaand, der gau ml om- Dorsalen, 

 bagtil ogsaa ud on r Analen; hos fuldi udvoxede Indivi- 

 der ere Tverbaandene opløste i ringformige, af Bundfarven 

 opfyldte fletter, der nedtil Jamne være utydelige, eller ogsaa 

 indbyrdes sammenhængende. Skjællene béklæde hele Legemet 

 indtil foran Dorsaleme, frenideles Dorsajen og Analen ind- 

 iil henimod deres Rande; fiddt udvoxede Individer have Ob- 

 lige Nakken og Roden af Pectoralerne skjælbéklædt, smul 

 tildels spredte Skjæl paa Vanden. Legemets Møjde indehol- 

 des 7 — 8, Ims smaa Unger 9—10 Gange i TotaUamgden. 

 Hun ilrt hur stump Sniide, og indeholdes i'\ t —4 J l t Gange i To- 

 tallængden; Tandrækken paa Palatinbenene kortere, end Mel- 

 lemkjævens. og naar hos gamle Individer neppe dennes halve 

 Længde. Overkjæven aldrig længere, end det huln- Hoved. 

 Pectoralerne, der indeholdes hus yngre neppe 8 Gange, hus 

 fuldt udvoxede Manner omtrent 9 Gange i Totallængden, ere 

 Ims ilr første tydeligt indskaarne i Yderranden. Sidelinien 

 dobbelt, lige bag Pectoralfæstet delt i en mediolateral og en 

 ventral ann; Ims udvoxede utydelig. Appendices pylorieae 

 mangle. Størrelsen indtil 595 mm (Hunnen), eller 622™" 

 (Hannen), og derover. 



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M. B. 6. D. + \J\ 102—118; A. + %'C. 8S—102; 

 P. 20—23; V. 4. 



Localit. fra Nordh. Exped. Bankerne udenfor Lo- 

 foten i Norge; Nordvestkysten af Spitsbergen. 



Bemærkninger til Synonymien. Spørgsmaalet om, 

 under hvilken af de liidtil bekjendte Lycoder de 4 under 

 Nordhavs -Expeditionen erholdte Individer, hvilke i mine 

 foreløbige Beretninger have været omtalte under Navnet 

 L. vahlii, Reinh.. burde henføres, har ikke været lost uden 

 etter nogen Tvivl. Allerede i disse Beretninger har jeg 

 paavist, at de i alle væsentlige Henseender gaa hul under 

 Beinhardts Beskrivelse af L. vahlii, og jeg troede derfor 

 at burde henføre dem under denne Art, skjønt Original- 

 Exemplarerne i det zoologiske Musæum i Kjøbenhavn og 

 Berlin, hvilke jeg ved Dr. Liitkens og Prof. Peters' Imøde- 

 kommenhed har havt Lejlighed til at underkaste en (omend 

 fjygtig) Undersøgelse, frembød visse iøjhefaldende Uligheder; 

 dog vare intet af disse Exemplarer af det samme Alders- 

 trin, som Nordhavs-Expeditionens, ligesom de vare idethele 



Diagnosis. — Colour brownish-black, uilh a whitish 

 yellow patch on the nape and ■"> 8 transverse bands of the 

 same colour across the dorsals, and, posteriorly, across, the 

 anal; in full-grown individuals, the /minis are broken up 

 into annular spots, filled with the ground colour; below, 

 sometimes indistinct or contiguous. The scales cover the 

 body In the region in front of the dorsals, also the dorsals 

 and the anal, nearly to their margins; adults have the nape 

 and the base of the pectorals scaled, and sometimes isolated 

 scales mi the forehead'.' The height of the body is to the 

 total length us 1 to 1 — s '; in very young individuals, as 1 

 In 9 — 10. Snout obtuse, length of head to total length as I 

 to 4'lt — /' ; ,: the dental series on the palatine hours are 

 shorter than those on the intermaxillaries, and, in old indiv- 

 iduals, scarcely attain half the length of the latter. The 

 upper jaw never longer than half of the head. The pec- 

 torals, in young examples scarcely '/,. in full-grown males 

 about ' ,., of the total length, are in the former distinctly 

 notched along their outer margin. Lateral line double, 

 being divided immediately posterior to the origin of the pec- 

 torals into a medio-lateral and a ventral branch : indistinct 

 iu (ull-tjniin) specimens. Pyloric appendages wanting. Length 

 reaching 595 mm (female) or 622 mm (male), and above. 



M. B. 6. _ D. + ',, C. 102—118; A. + '/, C'. 88—102; 

 P. 20—23; V. 4. 



Locality (North Atl. Exped.): — The banks • off 

 Lofoten, in Norway. The north-west coast of Spitzbergen. 



Remarks on the Synonymy. — The question, as to 

 which of the species of Lycodes hitherto known the 4 in- 

 dividuals taken on the North Atlantic Expedition, which, 

 in my previous, preliminary reports, are mentioned under 

 the name L. vahlii, should be referred, has proved somewhat 

 difficult to decide. In the said reports I have shown 

 that, in all essential particulars, they agree with Reinhardt's 

 description of L. vahlii; and hence I deemed they might 

 be correctly referred to that species, notwithstanding the 

 original specimens in the zoological museums of Copenha- 

 gen and Berlin, which Dr. Liitken and Professor Peters 

 kindly afforded me an opportunity of examining, with regard 

 to certain features, exhibited a striking dissimilarity; none 

 of these specimens, however, were in the same stage of 

 growth as those taken on the Expedition; their state of 



