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I Europa er den at' Parry fondet lige op til 82° 40', 

 ovenfor Spitsbergen; den er idethele talrigt udbredl om- 

 kring denne Øgruppe, og er observeret stimevis at svømme 

 om mellem Isstykkerne i Fjordene. Kra Novaja Zemlja 

 ejer Universitets-Musæet Exemplarer, indsamlede af en Sæl- 

 fanger ved Barentz-Øerne ander 76" 2Q', ligesom den af 

 Heuglin i 1871 fandtes nogel sydligere, i Matotskin Sharr ; 

 men den er bidtil ikke tumlet ved Finmarkens Kyster. 

 Derimod er den særdeles talrig i det hvide Hav. og fanges 

 der i stort Antal. og bringes tiltorvs L Archangel. Den er 

 fremdeles (ifølge Gunther, Cat. Fish. vol. 4. p. 337) erholdt 

 ved Island. 



Endelig er den nier eller mindre talrig ved Grønland 

 og i det arctiske America, hvor den er iagttaget ander de 

 fleste Expeditioner; Exemplarer fra Baffinsbugten, der i 

 1876 ere hjembragte til Universitets-Musæet af Hvalfange- 

 ren C. Brun. ere foldkommen overensstemmende med de 

 spitsbergenske Individer. I Americas Polartrakter gaar 

 den ligesaa langt mod Nord. som i Europa, og er i 1876 

 hjembragt at' den engelske Polar-Expedition fra Grinnell 

 Land. under 82° 27' N. B. 



Gren. Onos, Bisso. 

 Hist. Xat. de 1'Eur. Mér. tom 3, p. 214 (1826) 1 . 



26. Onos reinhardi, (Kr.) Mscr. 1852. 



Pl. IV. Fig. 34. 



? Motella argentata, Reinh. 1835—36, Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. 



Afh. (i Del. p. CX. Kl .hvn. 1837 (1835—36). 

 Motella mustela, Reinh. -nee Lin. i Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Afh. 



7 Del, p. 115 I 1838). Uden Beskr. 

 Motella reinhardti, Kr. (en skreven Etiket i Musæet i Kbhvn., omtr. 



1852). Uden Beskr. 

 f Couchia argentata, Giinth. Cat Fish. Brit. Mus. vol i, p. 363(1862). 

 Onos reinhardti, Gill. Pro,'. Acad. Xat. Sei. Philad. 1863, p. 241 (1863). 



Uden Beskr. 

 Mot, n„ reinhardi, Coll. Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 1878, No-. 14, p. - 



(1878). 



Diagn. 3 Skjægtraade < 2 ved Naseborene, 1 paa 

 Hagen). Smalm temmelig kort, har en Længde aj' omtrent 

 V , Øjendiameter. Tændeme danne flere Bekker, hvoraf en 

 enkelt lan- linjere Tænder, end åe arrige. Hovedet indehol- 

 des 5 Gauge i Totallmngden. Iste Straale i Iste Dorsal 



ln Europe, this spreies was taken by Parry, north of 

 Spitzbergen (82° 40'); it is abundant in most localities on 

 the shores of that group of islands, and lias been observed 

 in shoals between the fragments of ice in the fjords. The 

 Qniversitj Museum (Christiania) is in possesion of several 

 specimens, taken off the Barentz Islands, in lat. 76°20'N.; 

 and Heuglin met with it (in L871) a little farther south, 

 at Matotskiu Sliarr: but it lias not as vet been observed 

 on the coast of Finmark. In the White Sea. the species 

 is exceedingly abundant, being captured there in great 

 numbers, and sent for sale to the Archangel market. Ac- 

 cording to Giinther, it has been met with on the shores 

 of Iceland. 



Finally, it is a more or less common fish on the 

 shores of Greenland and in the Artie regions of America, 

 where it has been observed on most Expeditions. Specimens 

 from Baffin's Bay. presented to the 1 Diversity Museum by 

 the master ol' a whaler. ('. Brun. correspond in every 

 respect with the examples obtained from the coast of Spitz- 

 bergen. In America, the range ol' the species extends as 

 far north as in Europe, specimens having been taken on 

 the English Polar Expedition (1876), off Grinnel Land, 

 in lat, 82" 27' X. 



GS-en. Onos, Bisso. 

 Hist. Nat. de l'Eur. Mér. tom. 3, y>. 214 (1826) 1 . 



26. Onos reinhardi, (Kr.) MS. 1852. 



Pl. IV. fig-. 34. 



f Motella argentata, Reinh. Overs. 1835—36, Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Xat. 



Math. Afh. (i Del, p. CX. Kbhvn. 1837 (1835—36). 

 Hotella mustela, Reinh. Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nath. Math. Afh. 7 Del, 



p. 11". (1838). X T e description. 

 Motella reinhardti, Kr. (from a manuscript label in the Zool. Mus. 



Copenh. about 1852). No description. 

 ■ mehia argentata, CKinth. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. vol. 4.].. 363 (l^ii'Ji. 

 Onos reinhardti, Gill, Pi Acad. Xat. Sci. Philad. 1863, p. 241 (1863). 



No description. 

 Motella reinhardi, Coll. Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 1878, No. 14. p. 83 



(1878). 



Diagnosis. — Three barbels; 2 dose to the nostrils, 

 1 on the chin. Snout rather short; ils length is to the dia- 

 mrfrr of the eye about as V , to 1. Teeth arranged in 

 several rows, those in 'a, r of the series being longer thau the 

 rest. Length of head ah/urt one-fifth of total length. First 



1 Onos, opstillet af Risse i 1826, har Prioriteten for Motella, der 

 førs! forekommer i 2den Udgave af Cuviers „Regne Animal-, som 

 udkom i 1829. Bes.ee Slægter have de samme Arter som T 



i Onos, suggested by Kisso in 1826, is entitled to rank before the 

 Mn Motella, applied fa' the first time in the 2nd Edition of 



Cuvier's "Regne Animal." published in 1829. Both genera have the 



«ame species as t\ pes. 



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