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The condition of the specimen does not permit of an exact counting 

 of the fin-rays, but in all other respects it resembles arctic specimens. 

 The bony spines upon the body and the base of the fins are well deve- 

 loped. 



E. spiiwsiis, unlike Cyclopteriis lumpus, has its principal distribu- 

 tion in somewhat deep water, and has hitherto been found only in arctic 

 waters. Its discovery in the sea surrounding the Azores, in a latitude 

 (38° !N. Lat.) similar to that of the south of Portugal, is interesting as 

 a proof of the great conformity in tbe distribution of organic life in dif- 

 ferent latitudes at greater depths. In the Arctic Ocean, E. spinosus 

 has only been found where the bottom temperature is about freezing, 

 sometimes even in ice-cold water. It has not up to the present been 

 found off the shores of the European continent. 



Fam. Gadidae. 

 Gaidropsarus guttatus (Coll.) 1890. 



1890. Onus guUatiis Coll Bull. Soc. Zool. France. Vol. XV. p. 105. (Paris, 

 May 13, 1890). 



One specimen, a fully grown female, in a good state of preservation, 

 with a total length of 322 mm. 



G. guttatus was described in 1890 from two young specimens with 

 a total length of 183 and 213 mm, taken during the Prince of Monaco's 

 cruise about the Azores in 1887. A full description of these specimens, 

 accompanied by a drawing, was given in the General Account of the 

 fishes obtained during the cruise of the »Hirondelle«, printed in Mo- 

 naco, 18962. 



Dr. Steindachner, moreover, in 1891, described a rather larger 

 specimen (total length 260 mm), taken off the Canary Isles in November, 

 1890 :*. 



In one particular, the new specimen, which in all other important 

 points resembles the type specimens, presents a marked difference from 

 them, namely in colour. The whole of the lower surface of the body is 

 of a uniform whitish colour, only the upper surface still having the 

 brownish black ground with the characteristic irregular white spots, 

 which in young individuals are distributed all over the body. 



As the specimen was a fully developed female, in the middle of the 

 spawning period, it is probable that the different colour is its pairing 

 dress, which is only developed in fully grown individuals. 



~ Res. Camp. Scientif. par Albert I, Fase. X. Poiss. prov. des Campagnes de 

 l'Hirondelle, p. 60. PI. I, Fig. 3. (Monaco, 1896\ 



3 Sitz.-Ber.Kais. Akad. Wiss. INlath. Naturw.Cl, Bd. 100. Abt. 1. S. 360. (Wien, 

 1891\ 



