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for Antallet' maaske i hver af Finnerne ere et Par flere 

 eller færre. 



Pectoralerne have hos det større Individ paa begge 

 Sider 18, hos det mindre 19 Straaler. og ere forholdsvis 

 korte, især hos det større Individ, hvor de fremlagte ere 

 med sine Spidser fjernede miudst en Lindselængde fra 

 Lindsen ; hos det mindre Exemplar naa de derimod frem 

 til Lindsens Bagrand. I Totallængden indeholdes de hos 

 det yngste Individ kun lidt over 7. hos det ældre endog 

 over 10 Gange i Totalhengden. De nedre Straaler ere 

 stærkt forkortede. 



Ventralerne ere ligeledes forholdsvis kortere, end hos 

 de øvrige Arter, og synes at indeholde 2 yderst spinkle 

 Straaler. 



Skjælbeklædning. Næsten hele Legemet er skjælbe- 

 klædt; Hovedet. Nakken. Bugens Midte og Finnerne ere 

 nøgne; Skjællene ere forholdsvis store, iovrigt af Bygning, 

 som hos de øvrige Lycoder. Fortil stra?kker Skjælbeklæd- 

 ningen sig frem mod Grunden af Pectoralerne : Bugen er 

 derimod nogen i Midten, men skjælbeklædt paa Siderne. 

 Finnerne ere ligeledes nøgne, men der er ingen nogen 

 Rand langs deres Grundlinier ; paa Hovedet og Nakken 

 hndes ingen Skjæl. 



Det mindre Exemplar er ligesaa stærkt beklædt, som 

 det større, og Skjællene strække sig ber endog noget Len- 

 gere frem. eller umiddelbart til Pectoralernes Grund. lige- 

 som der blot lindes en smal Stribe langs Bugens Midtlinie. 

 .der ikke er skjælbeklædt. 



Sidelinien er Ims de forhaandenværende (yngre) Indi- 

 vider vanskelig at forfølge; dog er den utvivlsomt ven- 

 tral, idet den udspririger ved Gjællespaltens ovre Ende. 

 gjør en liden Bue over Gjællelaagets Flig, og gaar derpaa 

 i skråa Retning, aden at have noget ret Parti, lige ned 

 mod Anus; herfra er den paa begge de 2 Individer utyde- 

 lig, men kan dog tildels øjnes som lobende langs Grunden 

 af Analen ud mod Halespidsen. Porernes Antal indtil 

 Anus er omtrent 34. Af nogen nlediolateral Sidelinie kan 

 ikke sees Spor. 



Farven er paa selve Legemet blegt graabrun, uden 

 Tegninger; Skjællene ere overalt lysere, end Bundfarven, 

 der under Lupen sees at have forholdsvis store og skarpt 

 farvede Pigmentpunkter. Derimod ere Dorsalen og Analen 

 paa hvidagtig Grund forsynede med en Rekke sorte Fel- 

 ter, der paa den førstnævnte Finne ere 5 — 6 i Antal. 

 Det første af disse begynder umiddelbart ved Dorsalens 

 første Straaler ; de øvrige ere stillede med omtrent lige 

 langt Mellemrum, som det. de selv optage. henad hele Fin- 

 nens Længde. I Lighed med. livad der huder Sted bos de 

 med Tverbaand forsynede Lycoder. ere de dog noget for- 

 skjellige bos begge Individer; saaledes er det sidste Felt 

 utydeligt bos det større Individ, hvorved dette faar en 

 længere hvid Halespids, end det mindre. Analen har et 

 enkelt, meget langt sort- eller sortagtigt Felt henimod Spid- 

 sen, men er forresten ensfarvet hyidagtig. 



rately counted, and hence the true number in each of the 

 hus may lie greater or less by one or two rays. 



The pectorals in the larger individual have on both 

 sides 18. in the smaller 19 rays, and are comparatively 

 short, more especially in the larger individual, the tips, 

 when the fin is spread forwards, being removed at least 

 the length of the lens from the lens; in the smaller indi- 

 vidual they reach to its posterior margin. In the youngest 

 specimen, the length of the pectorals compared to the 

 total length slightly exceeds the proportion of 1 to 7 ; in 

 the older example, of 1 to 10. The inferior rays are much 

 shortened. 



The ventrals. too. are relatively shorter than in any 

 of the other species, and would seem to the composed of 

 2 rays. 



Scales. — Almost the whole of the body in this species 

 scaled; the bead, the nape, the middle of the belly, and 

 the fins naked. The scales are comparatively large, in 

 other respects of the same structure as in the other species. 

 Anteriorly, the scales extend towards the base of the pec- 

 torals; the belly, however, is naked in the middle, but scaled 

 mi the sides. Fins likewise naked, but there is no naked 

 part along their basal lines; the head and nape are with- 

 out scales. 



The smaller example as extensively scaled as the 

 larger, the scales reaching even somewhat farther in ad- 

 vance, or up to the base of the pectorals; indeed there is 

 only a narrow strip along the mesial line of the belly that 

 is scaleless. 



The lateral line can with difficulty be traced throughout 

 in these young individuals: it is. however, unquestionably ven- 

 tral, commencing as it does at the upper extremity of the gill- 

 opening, and passing from thence, after a slight bend above 

 the gill- cover, straight down to the vent: here, in both 

 specimens, it begins to be indistinct, but can however be 

 distinguished, taking a course along the base of the anal to 

 the extremity of the tail. Number of pores from origin 

 to vent about 84. No trace of a medio-lateral line can 

 be detected. 



Colour on the body proper pale brownish -grey, with 

 no markings whatever. The scales are everywhere of a 

 lighter shade than the ground-colour, which, seen through 

 a lens, appears dotted over with comparatively large ami 

 sharply defined pigmentary spots. The dorsal and anal 

 are. on the contrary, distinguished by a series of black 

 patches extending over a whitish ground, on the former fin 

 5 or 6 in number. The first of these blackish i^atches 

 covers the first rays of the dorsal, the rest are ar- 

 ranged, with interspace about equal to their own breadth, 

 down the whole extent of the fin. As is the case with the 

 Lycodes that have transverse bands, they slightly differ, 

 however, in the two individuals; thus, the last of the 

 patches is indistinct in the larger specimen, giving 

 greater length to the white termination of the tail. The 

 anal has a solitary black or dusky elongated spot near its 

 extremity ; with this exception it is uniformly whitish. 



