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Arts 'N dre kan endvidere nævnes den med sorte Felter 

 forsynede Dorsal og Anal. 



Legemet er, som hos alle de typiske Lycoder, om- 

 trent jevnhøjt fra Nakken at' Og til forbi Anus. derfra at- 

 smalnende. og efterhaanden løbende Ild i en tilspidset Hale- 

 s]iids: hele Halepartiet sta-rkt saiumontrykt. Den storsti- 

 Højde (ved Begyndelsen at' Dorsalen) indeholdes i Total- 

 længden omtr. 9 1 / a Grange; ved Begyndelsen at' Analen er 

 Bøjden kun lidet aftaget, og indeholdes lier lidt over lu 

 Gange i Totallængden. Afstanden fra Snudespidsen til 

 Anus indeholdes 2*/^ Gange, Halen 1 6 / 10 Gange i Total- 

 længden, 



Hovedet er temmelig fladtrykt, og indeholdes i Total- 

 længden mesten 4' ,. Gange. Overkja'Veii naar tilbage lien 

 under Midten at Lindsen; hos det mindre Exemplar er 

 Snuden noget stumpere og højere, Overkjæven -er tillige 

 aoget kortere, og naar lier blot hen under Landsens For- 

 rand. 



De skaalformige Fordybninger langs Randen af Kjæ- 

 verne ere særdeles fremtrædende, især hos det mindste 

 Individ. Xæseborene sidde temmelig nær ved Mellemkjæve- 

 randen, ere enkelte, og have, som bos de øvrige Arter, en 

 lang hvidagtig Tube. 



Øjnene ere forholdsvis mindre, end hos L. frigidus. 

 Sammenlignes det største Individ af L. pallidus med et 

 ligestort (ungt) Ind. af L. frigidus, sees Lindserne hos den 

 siclste at. være omtr. dobbelt saa store, som hos den første. 



I Totallængden indeholdes 



Hovedets Længde .... 



Legemets Højde 



Smulens Afstand fra Dorsalen 

 Smulens Afstand fra Anns . 



Halens Længde 



Pectoralens Længde . . . 



Tænder ere tilstede i Mellemkjæverne, i Underkjæven, 

 paa Vomer, og paa Palatinbenene , som bos de øvrige 

 nordiske Lycoder. De ere forholdsvis stærke. stillede i 

 Mellemkjæven fortil i 2. bagtil i 1 eller 2 Rækker; i LTn- 

 derkjæven danne de fortil flere Rækker. Da Individerne 

 endnu ikke kunne antages at være fuldt udvoxede, har An- 

 tallet af Tænderne og disses Rækker maaske endnu ikke 

 naaet sin fulde Udvikling. 



Fiti uerne. Dorsalen, der hos det større Individ tel- 

 ler omtrent 92. hos det mindre omtrent 95 Straaler, eller, 

 sammenlagt end den halve Caudal, 98 — 101. begynder i 

 en Afstand fra Snudespidsen. der indeholdes i Totallæng- 

 den ikke fuldt 4 Gange. 



Analen har hos det større Individ omtrent 79, bos 

 det mindre omtrent 81 Straaler, hvilket sammen med Cau- 

 dalens nedre Halvdel udgjør 84— 80 Straaler. Straalerne 

 ere hos de 2 undersøgte Individer vanskelige at telle, hvor- 



that species. As a conspicuous exterior feature character- 

 ising /.. pallidus, ina\ be mentioned the black patches on 

 the dorsal and anal. 



As in the typical Ly codes, the height of the body is 



\< r\ nearlj uniform Ironi the nape lill past the vent. at 



which point the body gradually tapers, terminating in a. 



pointed tail: the whole of the caudal region greatly com- 

 pressed. Greatest height (at the origin of dorsal) is to the 

 total length ahout as 1 to 9'/:>; at the origin of the anal 

 the height is lint little diminished, equalling rather more 

 than l /io of the total length. The distance from the point 

 of Hie snout to the vent is to the total length as 1 to 

 2 1 /;,; the length of the head, as 1 to l 6 /io- 



Head rather compressed; its length compared to the 

 total length is nearly as I to 4'/ 3 . Upper jaw extending 

 backwards under the middle, of the lens; in the smaller 

 specimen, the snout is somewhat more obtuse, and higher, 

 the upper jaw not reaching further hack than under the 

 anterior margin of the lens. 



The howl-shaped depressions extending along the mar- 

 gin of the jaws are very distinct in the smaller specimen. 

 Nostrils placed in close proximity to the margin of the 

 inter-maxillary; they are single, and furnished with a whit- 

 ish tube. 



Eyes relatively smaller than in L. frigidus. On com- 

 paring the largest example of 'L. pallidus with a (young) 

 specimen of equal size of L. frit/iritis, the lenses in the 

 latter are found to be about twice as large as in the former. 



Teeth on the intermaxillaries, in the mandible, on 

 the vomer, and on the palatine bones, as in the other 

 northern species. Tbey are comparatively strong, arranged 

 on the intermaxillary anteriorly in 2. posteriorly in 1 or 

 2 series; in the mandible they constitute several series. 

 The individuals having none of them, it is conceived,' at- 

 tained the adult stage of development, the number alike 

 of the teeth and of their series is possibly not yet complete. 



Fins. — The dorsal which, in the larger individual, 

 is furnished with ahout 92. in the smaller with about 95 rays, 

 or. including half the caudal, with 98 and 101 respectively, 

 commences at a distance from the point of the snout not 

 quite equal to one-fourth of the total length. 



In the larger individual, the anal is furnished with 

 ahout 79; in the smaller, with about 81 rays; or, including 

 the lower half of the caudal, with 84 and 80 respectively. 

 The rays in the two specimens examined cannot be accu- 



