1 1 3 



Disse mørke Felter ere hos det mindre Exemplar 

 kulsortv og skarpe, Ims det større boget mindre tydelige 

 ol' graasorte; de gaa lige ad fil Randen af Finnerne, men 

 ikke ud,over Legemet, endskjønl der sees en næsten umær- 

 kelig mørk Skygning under Inert ai' dem. lim edet har 

 bogen Tegninger, undtagen forsaavidt, sum Grjsellelaagets 

 Flig er ubetydelig! mørkere, end Hovedets øvrige Dele. 

 Bugbinden er hos det mindre Exemplar blaasort gjennem-' 

 skinnende. 



Det er sandsynligt, ut den ovenfor beskrevne Farve- 

 tegning, der tilkommer de forholdsvis unge Individer, vil 

 forandres, ettersom Individerne voxe til. og da sandsynlig- 

 vis paa den Maade. at Dorsalens og Aualens sorte Felter 

 blive end mere utydelige. 



Udbredelse. Hidtil foreligge blot de 2 under Nord- 

 liavs-Expeditionen veil Spitsbergens Nordkyst fundne unge 

 Individer, der optoges fra 2(>0 — 459 Favnes Dyb, og under 

 en Temperatur paa Bunden, der i det ene Tilfælde var 

 lidt over. i det andet lidt under 0° C. 



22. Lycodes seminudus, Reinli. 1838. • 



Pl. IV, Fin-. 28. 



Lycoih s seminudus, Reinli. Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afh. 

 7 Del. p. 221 (1838). 



Diagn. Farven i alle Aldre blegt graabrim, tiden 

 Pletter eller Baand. Skjælbeklædningen mangler paa Lege- 

 mets forreste Parti omtrent halt/1 Vertiealen fra Anus, samt 

 paa Hovedel og Finnerne. Legemets Højde indeholdes hos 

 et yngre Individ næsten *'/, (lange i TotaUængden, hos et 

 æjdre fTyp-Individet) 7 Gange i denne. Hovedet forholdsvis 

 stort, dets Længde indeholdes hos yngre Individer 4 Gange 

 (hos et ældre neppe 3 2 f 2 Gange) i TotaUængden. Sidelinien 

 medio-lateral, enkelt. Halepartiet og Pectoralerne forholdsvis 

 korte. Appendices pylorioae 2 (Beinh.). Størrelsen indtil 

 450 mm . 



M. B. 6. D. 91—92: A. 73— 7 o: P. 19-22. 



In the smaller specimen; these dark - patches are 

 black and sharply defined; in the larger, less distinct and 

 dusky. They extend to the .margin ol' the lins. hut do not 

 encroach upon the body, though a scarcely perceptible 



clouding ol' a darker shade may he discerned under each 

 ol' them. No markings on the head, save inasmuch as the 

 flap ol' the gill-cover is a trille darker than any other part 

 of it. Ventral membrane in the smaller specimen trans- 

 lucent bluish- black. 



It is probable that the coloration above described, 

 characteristic of comparatively young individuals, will un- 

 dergo a change as the course of development progresses, 

 the black patches on the dorsal and anal becoming more 

 and more indistinct. 



Distribution. — The only individuals as yet met 

 with, are the 2 young examples obtained on the North At- 

 lantic Expedition off the northern shores of Spitsbergen. 

 which were taken at a depth of 26U and 459 fathoms 

 respectively, one in water a little below, the other in water 

 a little above, the temperature of ice. 



22. Lycodes seminudus, Reinli. 1838. 



PL IV, fig. 28. 



Lycodes seminudus, Reinh. Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Naturv. Math. Afh. 

 .7 Del. p. 221 (1838). 



Diagnosis. - — Colour in all stages of development a 

 pale gréyish-brown, destitute of s2>ots or bands. Scales want- 

 ing on tlie anterior part of the body to a perpendicular 

 from the rent, as also on tJte head and the fins. Tin- height 

 of tin- body is to the total length in one young individual 

 nearly as 1 to-S'\ 2 : in a unitarer (typical) individual, as 

 1 to 7. Head comparatively large, its length in one young 

 individual' being to the total length as 1 to 4; in an older- 

 example the proportion was not quite as 1 to 3'j 2 . Lateral 

 line single, medio-lateml. Caudal region and pectorals com- 

 paratively slunt. Pyloric appendages 2 (Beinh.). Length 

 reaching i50 mm . 



M. B. ti. D. 91— 91: A. 73—75: P. 19—22. 



Deu norske Nordhavsexpedition. Collett: Fiske. 



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