103 



kolde Åjea lige fra Spitsbergens Vestkyst, og ned forbi 

 Finmarken imltil søndenfor Polarcirkelen. Da Trawluettet 

 gjentagne Gange har bragt tirre Individer for Lyset i det 

 samme Kast. synes de ikke at være sparsomt fordelte, mon 

 hore maaske blandt de ægte Dybyandsarter til de hyppi- 

 gere Bundfiske. 



Samtlige hulivider optoges fra en betydebg Dybde, 

 260 til 1330 Favne, og alle. paa en enkelt Undtagelse 

 mer. fra det iskolde Vand. 



20. Lycodes liitkenii, n. sp. 



Pl. III, Fig. 25. 



Lycodes reticulatus. Coll. (nee Reinh.) Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 1878, 

 Nu. 14, p. 59 (1878). 



Diagn. Nærmest beslægtet med L. reticulatus, Beinh. 

 Farroi lyst graaagtig, med utydelige mørke Felter nedad 

 Legemet, og hvidt Nakkebaand; disse Felter ere i Dorsalen 

 mesten sorte. Hovedet iøvrigt uplettet. Skjællenebeklæde hele 

 Legemet: til et Punkt lige under Pectoralens indre Trediedel ; 

 Finnerne, Hovedet. Bugen. Nakken, samt Granden langs 

 Analen og langs Begyndelsen af Dorsalen nøgen. Legemets 

 Hojde indeholdes neppe ti' , Gange, Hovedets Længde ikke 

 fahlt 4 (lange i Totalt. Sidelinien enkelt, medio-lgteral. 

 Pandens Bredde indeltoldes 16 Gange 7 Hovedets Længde. 

 Peatpralerne særdeles store, indeholdes -V ., Gange i Total- 

 Itengden. 2 yderst korte Appendices pglorieae. !>torrélsen 

 (af det eneste Individ, en Han) 370 mm . 



M. B. c>. D. (A- % C.) !>4: A. (A- f. C) 76; P. 23. 



Localit. fra Nordh. Exped. Havet vestenfor Nord-. 



Spitsbe 



Bemærkninger til Synonymien. Forhaandenvæ- 

 rende Individ, det eneste, der foreligger, henførte jeg ved 

 den forelobige Beretning om Udbyttet af sidste Aars Togt 

 under L. reticulatus, Reinli. (Forh, Vid.' Selsk. Chra. 1878, 

 No. 14). da Individet i alle Hovedtræk, saaledes i Tandbyg- 

 ning, Straaleantal i de verticale Finner. Skjælbeklædning. 



identical with L. Jr/i/idus. the range of the species in the 

 Cold area extends from the west coast of Spit/bergen 

 past Finmark to some distance south of the Arctic circle. 

 Several individuals having been frequently brought up at 

 once in the trawl-net. it would not appear to he sparingly 

 distributed, and of the true deep-sea forms it possibly be- 

 longs to the commoner bottom-fishes. 



The specimens were all of them taken at a consider- 

 able depth, from 260 to 1330 fathoms, and. with one ex- 

 ception, all in water of a temperature below that of ice. 



20. Lycodes liitkenii, n. sp. 



PI. Ill, fig. '-'-.. 



Lycodes reticulatus, Coll. mec Reinh. i Forh. Vid. Selsk. f 'lira. Is7s. 

 Xo. 14, p. :.U (1878). 



Diagnosis. — Nearly related to L. reticulatus, Reinh. 



Colour a light grey, with indistinct dar/,- patches (almost 

 black on the dorsal) down the body, and white nuchal bands; 



the rest of flu- head uniform. The entire body sealed to a 

 point opposite the inner third of the pectorals ; the fins. head. 

 hellg. napé, mul basal tract along the anal and commence- 

 ment of the dorsal naked. The height of the body is con- 

 tained not quite a';, times, the length of the head nearly 4 

 times. ,n flu total length. Lateral lim single, medio-lateral. 

 Width of the frontal hone ' „ <fi the length of the hend. 

 Pectorals exceedingly huge, contained '>' , times in the total 

 length. Pyloric appendages two, verg short. Length (of the 

 only specimen: n female) 370""". 



M. B. 6. D. (A- '/ 2 C.) 94: A. (A- ',. C.) 70: P. 23. 



Locality (North Atl. Exped. ) : 



of North Spitsbergen. 



The open sea. west 



Remarks on the Synonymy. — The individual here 

 described, the only specimen yet obtained. I referred in 

 my preliminary report on the results of the last voyage of 

 the Expedition to L. reticulatus, Reinh. (Forh. Vid. Selsk. 

 Chra. L878, Xo. 14). agreeing as it did in all salient features, 

 viz. the dentition, the number of rays in the vertical tins. 



