Lateral line single, mediolateral, quite distinct without an arch, extending 

 to tail. Pectoral small 13.5% L. Ventral inserted a little anterior to line 

 connecting lower edge of gill openings . Ventral 11 „ 3 - 1 1 . 4% of head, 2.5-2.6% L . 



Coloring: Head darker above without pattern., as are 6-8 large dark spots on 

 upper part of body which continue and connect on dorsal. In middle of each dark 

 spot a lig^t area, giving the impression of saddles. Their location and form 

 correspond to A. M. Popov's description 



Lycodes knipowitschi is close to L. coccineus Bean which the American author's 

 include in the synonymy of the scaleMss L. polar! s (Sabine). The available material 

 is not sufficient for a final classification of this group of related species 

 (L. coccineus Bean, L. knipowitschi Popov, L. polaris (Sabine) and L. tumeri Bean). 

 L. raridens differs from these forms m a better developed scalation which varies 

 slightly . 



Our examples from 147 to 252 mm. Measurements are of two mature females 

 237 and 252 mm. eggs (in fourth stage of development), large, diameter 3.0 mm. 

 (average of 10 eggs) . Female of 147 mm already with small eggs . 



This species as shown by the TIRH and LGU collections is common in the Okhotsk, 

 Bering and even in the southern Chukchi Sea . 



94 . Lycodes agnostus Jensen 



Among the many collections of the KRASNOARMEIETZ (1933) from the northern 

 Bering there are a few examples of this typical scaleless lycodid. To the present 

 has been known from most north polar seas, eastern part of Barents and White Seas 

 and New Siberian Islands (138" 47' E) J/ Material collected by K. I. Panin extend the 

 known distribution east and south to the northern part of the Bering Sea and 

 Chukchi Sea. 



1. St. 94(82), Sept. 7, 1933. N. Glubokaya Bay (Koriak Land), 40 M, rock, 

 temp. 1.6°, lex, K. Panin. 



2. St. 11 July 29, 1933, 62° 44' N, 174° 12' W (Anadyr Gulf), 74 meters, sandy 

 clay, temp. -1.7°, 1 ex. K. Panin. 



3. St. 44 (42) August 13, 1933, 68° 19' N, 174° 11' W (Chukchi Sea SE of Cape 

 Vankarem), 50 meters, muddy clay, temp. -0.2°, 1 ex. K. Panin. 



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Knipowitch, Mem. Acad. Sci. Peter sb., Ser. 8, vol. 19, no. 1, 1906, P. 15. 



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