19. STiCH^us. 281 



upper jaw scarcely longer than the lower ; ventrals very slender, 

 composedof three rays; caudal distinct. Palatine teeth. Light brown, 

 clouded with darker. 

 Coast of Greenland. 



2. Stichseus medius. 



Clinus medius, ReiiiJi. Daiiske Vidcnsk. Selsk. Niihirv. oq Mathvm. 



Afhandl. vii. 1838, pp. 114, 121, 194. 

 Liimpenus medius, Kroyer, I. c. 



D. 60. A. 43. V. 1/2. 



The height of the body is one-tenth or one-eleventh of the total 

 length. The upper jaw sHghtly overlapping the lower. Verilrals 

 slender, one-third the length of the head ; the lower pectoi'al rays 

 shorter than the middle ones ; dorsal and anal fins sHghtly continuous 

 with the caudal. Vomerine and palatine teeth none. Brown. 



Greenland. 



The diagnosis is taken from a specimen in the Leyden Museum. 

 3. Stichseus maculatus. 



Clinus maculatus. Fries in Kojiyl. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837, p. 51, aud 



Fries och Ek^r. Skand. Fi.sk. p. 108. pi. 25. fig. 2. 

 Ctenodon macidatus, Niks. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 190. 



D. 59-61. A. 36. V. 1/2. Ctec. pylor. 3. 



The height of the body is one-tenth or one-eleventh of the total 

 length. The upper jaw slightly overlapping the lower. Ventrals 

 slender, one-half as long as the head ; the lower pectoral rays longer 

 than the middle ones ; caudal free from dorsal and anal. Palatine 

 and vomerine teeth. Light brown, clouded with darker. 



Coast of Bohuslaens (Sweden). 



The diagnosis is taken from a specimen in the Senckenberg Museum. 



4. Stichseus islandicus. 



Tang-brosme 4, Sfrotn, Sondm. i. p. 315. 



Bleuuius capita Itevi, 3Iohr, Isl. Naturh. p. 85. tab. 4. 



islandicus, Tfalb. Art. lienor, iii. tab. 3. tig. 6. 



lampc'trajformis, Walb. I.e. p. 184; Kriiy. Natwhist. lYdskr. i. 



1837, p. 32 (Clinus niolirii). 

 Centrouotus islandicus, HI. Sclui. p. 157. 

 - — — lumpenus, Niks. Prodr. p. 104. 



Bleuuius gracilis, Sturitz in Xi/e Maya::, for Naturv. i. p. 406. pi. 3. 

 Guuellus i^;la^dicus, Cuv. Sf T(d. xi. p. 4.')3. 

 Clinus nebulosus, Fries, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837, p. 55. 

 Luuipenus gracilis, Reinli. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Naturv. og Mathem. 



Afhandl. \di. 1838, p. 194. 

 uebidosus, NiJss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. iv. p. 195. 



D. 69-72. A. 48-50. V. 1/3. 



Neither vomerine nor palatine teeth. The height of the body is 



