2<)S 



I'l.AlKlSHKS (H1:TKK()S0.MAI.\) 



Htppogloisoidcs plaUssoiJcs. Collett, iS-S, Vid.-Sclsk. Forli., No. 14, p. fj-> ; Colletl, 1879, Vid.- 

 Sclsk. Forh.. No. I, p. 74 ; Gunther, 1888. Proc. Roy. Soc. Kdinb., xv, p. :!i6 ; Lilljeborg, 1801, 

 Sverifi. Norg. I-"iskar, ii, p. 299 ; Holt and Calderwood, i8<j5, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc, (ii) 

 V, p. 478, tigs. ; Collett, 1903, Vid.-Selsk. Forh., (1902), p. 84 ; Johnsen, 1919, Bergens Mus. 

 Aarb., 1918-19, No. 6, p. 42. 



Hippoghssoidts plalfssoides (part), Collett, 1880, Norske Nordliavs-Exped., Zool., Fiskc, p. 144. 



Drepannpsdta phtcssoidcs (part), Smitt, 1893, Scand. Fish., i, p. 421, pi. xvii, fig. 3. 



lltppni;lossoui,-^ {Hipp.islnssoidfs) limnndoidcs, Hubbs, I0l«, Annul, Znol. Jap., ix. p. 373. 



Er, 



L.\RV 



Mr> Y< 



iningham, 18SS, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb., xxxiii (l), p. lo.-i, pi. vii, lig. 2 ; Mcintosh, 1889, Rep. 

 Fish. Board Scotland, vii', (1888), p. 304, pi. iii, figs. 1-3 ; Mcintosh and Prince, 1890, Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. Edinb., xxxv (3), p. 853, pi. xiii, fig. 3, xviii, fig. 2 ; Mcintosh, 1891, Rep. Fish. 

 Board Scotland, ix, (1890), p. 3r9 ; Holt, 1893, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc, (2) v, p. 57, pi. vii, 

 figs. 57-61, xiii, figs. 98-106 ; Mcintosh, 1895, Rep. Fish. Board Scotland, .xiii, (1894), P- 220, 

 pi. vi, figs, i-ii, vii, iigs. 1-3 ; Cunningham, 1S96, N.H. Market. Mar. Fish., p. 244, figs. 112, 

 113; Henscn and Apstein, 1897, Wiss. Meeresuntersuch., Abt. Kiel, ii (2), pp. 36, 46, 74, 

 pi. ii, figs. Il-I3,iii, fig. 22 ; Mcintosh and Masterman, 1897, Brit. Mar. Food-fish., p. 319, 

 figs. ; Kyle, 189K, Rep. Fish. Board Scotland, xvi, 3, (1897), pp. 235, 245, pi. x, figs. 17-23. 

 xi, figs. 24-26 ; Hcincke and Ehrcnbaum, 1900, VViss. .Meeresuntersuch., Abt. Helgoland, 

 ill. pp. 225, 325, fig. 9 ; Petersen, 1904, Medd. Koinni. Havundersog. Kjob., Ser. Fisk., 1 (i), 

 p. 3, pi. i ; Schmidt, 1904, torn, cit., i (3). p. 10, pi. i, fig. 4 ; Ehrenbaum, 1903. in Brandt and 

 -Apstein, Nordisches Plankton, I. Eier Larv. Fisrh. (i), p. 182. fig. 74. 



Principal characters those of the species. Depth of body li (occasionally jj) to 

 5 in the length. Maxillary generally extending to a little beyond middle of eye (at 

 least in adults), length 2\ to 2S in that of head ; lower jaw i § to 2 in head. .\\\ the 

 teeth a little stronger than in the American subspecies Scales generally rather 

 rougher, 85 to tji in lateral line. 25 to 40 between lateral line and niiddle of back. 

 Dorsal (76) 78-98 (loi). Anal 60-79, 



Type. — Not traced. 



Distribution, — Coasts of north-western luirope, from the Miirnian ("oast to the 

 British Isles ; Spitzbergen, Bear Island. Iceland, etc. 



Specimens Ex.^mined : 



I (390 mm.). 

 3 (183-222 m 

 I (182 mm.). 



Iceland. 



Biol, As 



ollett. 



