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større, end hos nogen af de anguilliforme Arter. Hos Un- 

 gerne indeholdes Legemets Hojde mellem 8^ og 9 1 / 2 Gange 

 i Totallængden. hos de fuldvoxne hlot 6'/a Gange. Hale- 

 partiet er fra Siderne af temmelig stærkt sammentrykt 

 (mindst hos Ungerne). 



Hovedet er bredt, oventil temmelig fladtrykt, har for- 

 holdsvis lav Smule, og indeholdes i Totallængden 4 til 4 1 /* 

 Gange. 



Snudens Længde indtil Lindsen er omtrent lig Ho- 

 vedets Hojde over Øjnene, og indeholdes i Hovedlængden 

 2 1 a til 3 Gange. Hovedets Længde bagenfor Lindsen er 

 omtrent lig Hovedets største Bredde over Kinderne, og 

 uhetydeligt større, end Hovedets største Hojde midt over 

 Nakken. 



Underkjæven er betydeligt kortere, end Overkjæven, og 

 denne sidste er kortere, end Hovedets halve Længde. Pan- 

 den er forholdsvis bred; hos et Ex. (0). der er præpareret 

 som Skeiet, viser Interorbitalrummets smaleste Parti sig 

 at udgjore '-,, af Hovedets Længde. Som hos alle Lyco- 

 der tindes langs begge Kjæver skaalformige Fordybninger. 

 i hvis Bund der skjuler sig en Pore. 



Næseborene ere enkelte, rørfonnige, og sidde temme- 

 lig nær Kjæveranden, og i en indbyrdes Afstand. der er 

 omtrent lig Pectoralens Grundlinie. 



Øjnene ere forholdsvis smaa; deres rette Begrænds- 

 ning er vanskelig at drage, da Cornea tildels er bedækket 

 af Hovedets Hud, hvorfor alle Dimensionér bedst regnes 

 til eller fra- Lindsen. De ere temmelig tætstaaende; Mel- 

 lemrummet mellem Lindserne indeholdes næsten 2 Gange i 

 deres Afstand fra Snudespidsen. 



Tænderne ere, som hos alle typiske Lycoder. tilstede 

 paa Mellem- og Underkjæven. paa Vomer og paa Palatin- 

 benene. De ere forholdsvis ikke store : hos udvoxede Indi- 

 vider sidde de i Mellemkjæverne bagtil i en enkelt, paa 

 Midten i en dobbelt, og fortil i en omtrent 3-dobbelt Række : 

 paa Underkjæven danne de overalt tiere Eækker. Paa 

 Palatinhenene, hvor Tandrækken strækker sig tilbage lige 

 hen under Øjnene, sidde de ligeledes i en enkelt Række : paa 

 Vomer danne de omtrent 3 Eækker. Hos de yngre Individer 

 ere Eækkerne. som sædvanligt. færre ; hos de 2 Yngel- 

 Individer ere ikke alle Tænder synlige over Tandkjodet. 



Anus er omgiven a f en hvidagtig. opsvulmet Hud. og 

 ligger i en Afstand fra Snudespidsen. der "indeholdes om- 

 trent 2' 2 Gange i Totallængden. 



relatively greater than any of the anguilliform species. 

 In young examples, the depth of the body is to the total 

 length as 1 to 8 1 /;, — 9 1 /;,: in full-grown specimens, as 1 

 to 6 x / 2 . The tail is rather compressed (least so in imma- 

 ture examples). 



Head broad, the upper part flatfish, with the snout 

 depressed, and is contained in the total length from 4 

 to 4 1 / 2 times. 



The length of the snout, as compared with the diameter 

 of the lens, is about equal to the height of the head above 

 the eyes, and is contained in the length of the head from 

 twice and a half to three times. The length of the head 

 posterior to the lens about equals the greatest breadth of 

 the head across the cheeks, and slightly exceeds the great- 

 est height of the head above the nape. 



The mandible is considerably shorter than the upper 

 jaw. the latter measuring less than half the length of the 

 head. The forehead comparatively broad; in one spec- 

 imen (0), preserved as a skeleton, the interorbital space 

 measures where it is narrowest 1 j., l) of the length of the 

 head. As in all the Li/codes, circular depressions extend 

 along both jaws, each concealing at the bottom a pore. 



The nostrils are single, tubular, and placed in com- 

 paratively close proximity to the margin of the jaw. the 

 distance between them being about equal to the length of 

 tlie pectorals at base. 



Eyes .comparatively small: their exact limits are dif- 

 ficult to determine, the cornea being in part covered by 

 the skin of the head: all dimensions should, therefore, be 

 calculated to or from the lens. They are rather closely 

 set. the space between the lenses being contained almost 

 twice in their distance from the point of the snout. 



Teeth, as in all typical I/ycodes, on the inter-maxillary 

 and in the lower jaw. the vomer, and the palatine bones : 

 they are not large, comparatively. On the inter-maxillaries 

 in adults, they are disposed, posteriorly in a single, mid- 

 wards in a double, anteriorly in a triple series: in the 

 lower jaw. they constitute several series. On the pala- 

 tine bones, where the teeth extend back under the eyes, 

 they are also arranged in a single series; on the vomer, 

 they constitute as a rule three series. In immature ex- 

 amples, the series are as a rule less numerous; in the 2 

 fry-specimens, the teeth are not all perceptible. 



The vent is surrounded by a whitish, tumid skin, its 

 distance from the snout being to the total length as 1 

 to 2Vs. 



