DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AXD THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 



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fins, aucl the micUUe of tlie belly are uaked. Teeth present on the iuteruiaxilla, palatines, 

 and vomer. Height of body contained 9i times, and head nearly 44 times in the total 

 length (in young individuals). The lateral line runs downward from the upjier angle of 

 the gill opening iu a curve under the median line of the body to about the vent, where it 

 ceases or becomes inconspicuous. 



B. 5; D. 92-95 (with one-half of caudal, 98-101); A. 79-81 (with one-half of caudal, 

 84-86) ; P. 18-19. 



Two young examples were taken in the middle of August off the north coast of Spitz- 

 bergen, in about 80° north latitude. The first was obtained August 14, from a depth of 

 459 fathoms at station 302, about 15 miles west of Norskoerne: bottom temperature, — 1° 

 C; the bottom consisted of bluish-gray clay. This individual was a little over inches 

 long. The second, which was a young individual, 3A inches long, was collected on the same 

 day at station 363, about S miles west of Norskiieruc, in a depth of 260 fatlioms. The bot- 

 tom temperature was +1.2" C; the bottom consisted of blue clay. 



Total length 



Length to hase of caudal 



Height at dorsal origin 



Height at anal origin 



Tip of snout from dorsal origin . 



Tip of snout from vent 



Vent to base of caudal 



Length of head : 



Snout (to oiigin of iris) 



Long diameter of eye 



Pnst-orhital part of head 



Tip of lower jaw from ventral . . 



Ventral from vent 



Length of ventral 



Length of pectoral 



Millimeters. 

 93 

 'JO 

 10 

 9 

 25 

 37 

 :>6 



•n 



7 

 4 

 10 

 16 

 19 

 3 

 13 



Millimeters. 



16i 



ICl 



17 



15 



46 



64 



100 



37 



13 



7 



17 



27 



31 



4 



17 



The lateral line begins at tlie upper angle of the gill-opening, makes a slight curve 

 over the opercular flap, and thence proceeds in a curve, without any straight portion, aliout 

 dowu to the vent; from here, iu the two specimens, it isincons]>icuous, l)ut can be partially 

 traced along the anal base towaril the base of the caudal. The number of pores to the 

 vent is about 34. {Collctt, loc. cit.) 



LYCODES PERSPICILLUM, KrOyer. (Figures 278; 278 A, young.) 

 Lycoiles pvvspkilUnn, Kroyer, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl., XI, 1815. 



Distinguished by a light body color ami dark bands, also two ocellatcd spots on the 

 forehead, which have suggested the specific name. Still further separated from the previ- 

 ously known species of Lycodes by the smaller number of fin rays, larger eye, etc. {Kriiyrr.) 

 Specimens were obtained by the Albaiross from station 2491, in 45° 24' 30" X. hit., oS'^ 

 35' 15" W. Ion., at a depth of 59 fathom s, and from station 2456, iu47o 29' N. hit., 52^3 18' 

 W. lou., at a depth of 86 fathoms. 



LYCODES SEMINUDUS, Eeiniiari>t. 



Lycodes seminudus, Reinhardt, Koug. Dausk. Selsk., etc., 1838, 223.— Gi XTiiEi;, Cat. Fi.sli. lUil. Mus., IV, 

 320.— Gill, loe. cit., 260.— Collett, h>c. cit., 113. 



Body moderately elongate; its height, which ishalf tlie lengtli of the head, oiie-seventli 

 of its length. Body naked in front of vent, scaly behind; finsiiakcd. Veiitrals distant 

 from vent somewhat more than length of head. 



Radial formula: U. 91; A. 74; P. 21. 



Color, uniform pale grayish brown, without spots or bauds. 



This species is known only from Omenak, Greenland, but is likely to occur in deei) 



water. 



LYCODES SARSII, Collett. 



Lijcodes Sarnii, Collett, Fork. Selsk. Christ., 1871, (i2-l}t), with a plafo. 



A Lycodes with the body moderately elongate; its height, which is more than lialf tlie 



length of the head, about oue-teuth of tlie total length; length of the head about 5.j times 



