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sides with dark cross-bands which become indistinct in the older; they remain longest 

 as dark patches on the dorsal fin bnt may also disappear from there, so that the 

 colour in the end becomes uniformly brownish, as a rule however, darkened on the 

 bellv and posterior border of the gill-covers; the anal fin dark posteriorly (or with 

 several dark patches); sometimes a light spot over the gill-cover or a light stripe 

 across the neck. In older specimens the scales extend from the end of the tail almost 

 to the root of the pectorals, but the anterior part of the back and a large portion of the 

 bellv are naked; as a rule there are no scales on the unpaired fins. The lateral line 

 double, ventral and mediolater al, but in general only distinct in its course down 

 towards the anus. Pyloric appendages 2. The size reaches 207 mm. 



D. 97— loi. A. 84 — 86. P. (17) 18 — 20(21). 



Distribution. Kara Sea, 46—106 fathoms; vSpitzbergen, 60 — 459 fathoms; north- 

 eastern Greenland, (6'2) 18 — 400 fathoms; north from Iceland, 293 — 495 fathoms; 

 north from the Faeroes, 471 fathoms; off the Shetland-Norway Slope , 420 fathoms. 



var. similis m. 

 Tab. V, Fig. 2 a. b, c, d & Tab. VI, Fig. 3 a, b, c, d. 

 1898. Lycodes pallidns Lutken, The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, II, i, p. 22 (partim). 

 1898. L. Liitkenii Liitken, ibid. p. 21 (partim). 

 1901. L. siinilis Jensen, Vidensk. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kbhvn., p. 205. 



In proportions of the total length the height over the anus is 10—12,4%, the 

 length of the head 23 — 25,9% (in females 23—24%, in males 24,8 — 25,9 °o), distance 

 between the snout and the anus 41,4 — 44%, longitudinal diameter of the eye 4,7 — 

 5,6%. The colour is yellowish or brownish, in some individuals with indistinct 

 dark cross-bands, in others distinct cross-bands, dark-brown with lighter colour 

 in the middle, and with a light stripe across the neck. In the adults the scales cover 

 the tail and the trunk as far as the neighbourhood of the base of the pectorals, but 

 the anterior part of the back, a stripe under the foremost part of the dorsal fin and 

 the greatest portion of the belly (in front of the anus) are naked; no scales on the 

 unpaired fins. The lateral line is double, ventral and mediolateral, but usually only 

 distinct in its course down towards the anus. Pyloric appendages 2. The size reaches 

 to 175 mm. 



D.94— 96. A.81— 82. P. 19 — 20(21). 



Distribution. South from Jan May en, 371 fathoms. 



var. squamiventer m. 



Tab. IV, Fig. 2 a, b. 

 1898. L. pallidus Liitken, The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, II, i, p. 22 (partim). 



In proportions of the total length, the height over the anus is 9,4 — 10,8%, the 

 length of the head 19,6 — 22,4 °o, the distance between the snout and the anus 37,9 — 



