I.VCoDolDS. 



t;ii 



willi L. H'li'iildlits'. It also si'CMiis IK) ea.sy task In \va\-, licar Island, ami Spii/.her.u'eii. ( 'oi,r,iCTi' ijivc'S a 



(listiiigiiish from />. fiii/ldiis the sjX'cinifii ,')() ciu. hm<i list ol' a miinhcr of c-rustaccaiis and some ])arts of a 



that (JuxTiiEii (1. ('., ]i. 77 and Plate X ill) has n't'erred ' cuttle-lish as havinii' heen found in the stomach of this 



to the last-mentioned speeies. S])eei(.'S, and rennirks that se\'(!i'al of the hjrmer belonged 



( )n the coast of Seaiidina\ ia oidv three specimens, ' to snch species as .L;'enerall\- live in the siu'face-i'eii'ioiis 



all \<inn,L;', have been fonnd. At livsl two specinuMis. of ilii' open sea, lait ha\e thns Ikmii shown also to in- 



resjiectiveh' .')7 and 62 mm. in lenLilh. were taken in habit the dee|)est abysses of the ocean. All the spe- 

 the month of June b\- the Norweiiian l-xpedition of 

 18S7, on the banks off liel.n-eland and Lofoden. at de|)ths 

 of .■).")(» and 4.i7 fathoms and on a cla\c\' bottom. A 



tliii'd specimen, 1 4S mm. in leiiiith, which is referred The expedition kept some of them alive fof a time in 



by the coloration to this species, but in otlief fespects I a vessel on boafd. These sjiecimeiis were extremely 



entirely a.i:i'ees witli the yoiiiii;- of J.i/cikIcs ]'(ihlii, \v;is \ sluggish, preferring to li<^ still at the Ijottoin of the 



taken in l(S8'.t by Dr. ('.\i;i, Auiiivii.T.ius, in between 10 vessel and in a bent position, like that usually assumed 



and 40 fathoms of water, on a clayey l)ottom at Orsta by the I'^elpottt and the Sea-snails. When thrown 



and Horsas in the inner i)art of (xullraar Fjord (Bohuslan). into alcohol, however, thej^ became extremely violent 



The other kno\vn specimens have been found in ^fiO — j and pro\ed, like most bottom-fishes, to be extraordi- 



l,oo;! fathoms of water, off the extreme north of Nor- i narily tenacious of life. 



cimeiis taken by the Norwegian Expedition, except one, 

 were caiighi in ice-c<il(l water; and it was this circum- 

 stance that suggested to ('oi.i.i'/i'i' the name of y'/vy/iiV/^.^. 



LYCODES EETICULATUS. 



Kitis. 147 iiiid 148. 



Colondiiiii ill till- t'ri/ more or less Uf/Iit. hniici/islt i/cUoir, iritli sclliftinii spots mi tin- fnnik miiJ tail (iiul a srufi- 

 form fi()U)x\ coi/t/dii/H// tini l///l/f, frontal spots, mi tlif tup of tlw Iicad, in older sjjeeimens oranye or paler, with 

 liflht or ereii irhite tnnisrerse hinids hetireen the darker ones mi the trniik and tail and light or even irhitc spots 

 on the top of the head, in the oldest speeimcns of a more undiversified i/rai/isli hrmni. irith the traces of the dark 

 fransrerse hands on the sides and also the head crossed bi/ a net/rork of hlaek' streaks. The coverimj of scales 

 appears at different ai/es and occupies different extents of the body, bat irheii complete extends over the e/reafer 

 part of the trunk and tail, and of the base of the dorsal fin, leaving the head, the belly, the base of the anal fin, 

 and the anterior jiait of the base nf tin- dorsal fin naked. One medio-lateral and one dorso-lateral line {both often 

 indistinct). Depth of the bod;/ id the bei/inninff of the anal fin about '.) — 14 % of its own length. Head depressed 

 ill front: its lem/th more than :i!> % (as a rule 42 — .3'S' %) of the length of the tail from the beginning of the 



anal fin to the tip of the last fin-rags. 



It. Or. ti; /). (80) 91—9.'); .4. (63) 70—78; P. (Kj) 19—2;!; 

 V. 4; Verl. 9.^—97 (= -23— 2.1 +,c). 



Hi/n. Lijcodes refiiriUiitiis, Rhut, U. Vid. Selsli. Natiirv., Math. Afli. 

 Kbhvii, vol. 7, p. 1()7, tab. VI; Gthr, Cut. Brit. .IA».-:., Fhli., 



v(.I. IV. p. 320; Coll., Forli. Vid. Selsl;. Clirist. 1S78. No. 

 14. p. 59; Ltkn, Vid. Meddel. Nalurli. For. Kbhvu 1879 — 

 1880, pp. 318 et 330; Gthr, Deep S,-a Fisli.. Cliall. Expe<l., 

 part. Lyil (Zool., vol. XXII), p. 77. tab. XIU; Ltk.n, Dijiiiplina- 

 T..gt. Zool. Bot. Udb.. p. 1315, tab. XVII, figs. i—:,. 



" -\n estimates of the averages, according to Collett's measiireinents of these .specin 



giVL'S til.- folhiwi 



e.sidt.s : 



