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des staa paa Kinflerne hen mod den ovn' Haml af Oper- 

 culum paa hver Side i en Triangel 3 Porer; bag Øjnene 

 lindes 2 mindre, og atter nedenfor disse 3 større Porer. 

 En stor Pore aabner sig ved den nedre Vinkel af Opercu- 

 lum, ligesom den normale Række er tilstede langs Kjæ- 

 verne. 



Farre. Legemets Bundfarve er blegt graaagtig brun; 

 under passende Belysning kan skimtes, men højst utyde- 

 ligt, 6 mørkere Felter, der i Midten ere lysere, og have 

 enkelte sorte Smaapletter. sum danne en Tilnærmelse til 

 de reticulerede Linier, der tindes kos L. reticulatus. Tyde- 

 ligst ere disse mørke Felter henad Dorsalen, hvor deres 

 Rande ere næsten sorte, og skarpt markerede. Mellemrum- 

 met mellem Kelterne er paa Legemet kun lidet lysere, end 

 Felterne selv. men næsten renhvidt paa Dorsalen otr Ha- 

 lespidsen. 



Hovedet har ingen andre Tegninger, end et hvidt 

 Baand, der strækker sig tvers over Nakken fra den ene 

 Gjællespalte til den anden, og er begrændset af en utyde- 

 lig sort Linie: iøvrigt er Hovedet hlegt rødlig graat, noget 

 lysere, end Kroppen, hvilket ogsaa er Tilfældet med Pec- 

 toralerne. 



med umodne Æg 



Føde, etc. Individet var en Hun 

 i det eneste Ovarium. Ventrikelen, der var meget mus- 

 culos. indeholdt et noget fordøjet Individ af Cottunculus 

 microps, Coll. (med en Totallængde af 110™™), samt Dele 

 af en anden mindre Fisk, der var sterkere fordøjet, og 

 ubestemmelig. 



2 afrundede Udvidelser af Tarmen ved Pylorus kunne 

 opfattes som et Par rudimentære Appendices pyloricae. 



instance, on the cheeks, near the upper margin oftheoper- 

 culum. a triangular figure is formed by pores, three in each 



(d' its sides: behind the eyes are two smaller ones, and 

 below these pores three larger ones. A large pore occurs 



at the inferior angle of the operculum, and the normal 



series along the jaws is also present. 



Colow. The ground-colour of the body is a 



greyish-brown; in a good light, ('i dusky patches can 

 he discerned, very indistinctly however; they are lighter 

 in the middle, and marked with a few small black spots, 

 an approximation to the network of lines in L. reticulatus. 

 These dark patches show most distinct down the dorsal. 

 their margins on that tin being almost black, and sharply 

 defined. On the body, the space between the patches is 

 very little lighter than are the patches themselves, hut on 

 the dorsal and the tip of the tail, it is nearly pure white. 

 The only marking on the head consists of a. white 

 band stretching across the nape from one gill-opening to 

 the other, and margined by an indistinct black line: the 

 rest of the head is of a uniform pale reddish-grey, a shade 

 lighter than the body, which is also the case with the 

 pectorals. 



Pood, etc. — The individual here described was a 

 female, with immature ova in its single ovary. The ventricle, 

 which was very muscular, contained an example of Cottun- 

 culus microps, Coll.. in a partially digested state (total 

 length 110"""), together with parts of a smaller tish. which 

 did not admit of being determined. 



Two globular swellings of the intestine at the pylorus 

 may lie regarded as a pair of obtuse pyloric appendages. 



Udbredning. Det eneste hidtil bekjendte Exemplar 

 af denne Art optoges fra betydeligt Dyh og iskoldt Vand 

 i Havet nogle Mile vestenfor Nord-Spitshergen, omtrent 

 under 80» N. B. 



Af den nærstaaende Art L. reticulatus tindes, som 

 ovenfor nævnt. udvoxede Individer fra Grønland i Musæet 

 i Kjobenhavn. samt et i Wiener -Musæet, alle erholdte i 

 Aarene 1830 — 40. Af L. perspiriUum, Kr., fra, Grønland 

 tindes ligeledes et Individ i Musæet i Kjobenhavn; af L. 

 rossi, Malmgr.. fra Spitsbergen opbevares det eneste Indi- 

 vid i Riks -Museum i Stockholm, og endelig tindes Indivi- 

 det af L. gracilis, M-. Sårs, fra Christianiaf jorden, i Univer- 

 sitets-Musæet i Christiania. Alle disse 3 sidstnævnte Arter 

 maa. som ovenfor omhandlet, an tåges at udgjøre Ungdoms- 

 formerne af L. reticulatus, eller af L. lutkenii (eller af 



bes 



?) 



Distribution. — The only example of this species 

 as yet obtained was brought up from a considerable depth 

 in the frigid area of the ocean, a few leagues west of the 

 north coast of Spitzbergen, in lat. about 80° N. 



Of its nearly related congener L. reticulatus, Reinh. 

 full-grown specimens from Greenland are, as above stated, 

 preserved in the Museum at Copenhagen and in the Vienna 

 Museum, all of which were obtained in the decade from 

 1830 to 1840; of L. perspicUlum, Kr.. also from Green- 

 land, there is, too., an example in the Museum at Copen- 

 hagen; of L. rossi, Malmgr. from Spitzbergen, the only spec- 

 imen taken' is preserved in the "Riks Museum" at Stockholm ; 

 and finally, the specimen of L. gracilis, M. Sars. from' the 

 Christiania Fjord, is in the Christiania University Museum. 

 The three last- mentioned individuals must, as suggested 

 above, be regarded as representing the early stages of 

 development of L. reticulatus, or of L. UUkenii (or pos- 

 sibly of both). 



