lA'CODIN^E. 



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The head is of similar form as in A. seminudus. but seems to be less broad-snouted. The 

 eves seem relatively a little smaller, their louKntudinal diameter being 3,3% of the total length (against 

 ,'-0 in the above specimen of L. seminudns). and the flap of the gill-cover is not bent upwards. 

 The number of teeth is somewhat less than in L. seminudus ; on the intermaxillarN- I have counted 

 15 m series 15 on the palatines, 5 on the vomer, and on the mandible 15 in series (cf. p. 78). 



The dorsal fin begins at a distance from the snout, which is equal to 30"., of the total 

 len<.th The number of ravs in the unpaired fins falls within that in A. seminudus. The pectorals, 

 on die other hand, show a verv important difference, being of a much greater size, their length 

 being 16,8 ■■ „ of the total length; in none of the 18 specimens of L.seminudus does the length 

 of the pectorals exceed ii.S",, of the total length. 



The scales extend further forNvard than in the most scaled specimen of L. semznudus, namely 

 to a point under the anterior end of the dorsal fin, but at the same time both the belly and anterior 



portion of the back are naked. 



The colouration agrees on the whole with that in the banded forms of A. seminudus; that 

 the dark bands are rather indistinct (except on the dorsal fin) comes probably from the advanced size 



of the specimen. 



The differences nrentioned, especially the less .slender form of the body, and the large pectoral.s, 

 seem to me so important, that L. lutkenn Coll. ought to be held distinct from L. seminudus Remh. 



,1 ater L liltkenii presents even greater resemblance to L. rossi Malmgr., whose appearance 

 h. the adult condition is now known. Of in.portant differences I can onlv niention, that m L. rosst 

 the pectoral fins are shorter (their length being 13,1-^x3,6% of the total length, and contain fewer 

 ravs, namelv 17-20. All the same, I think it best to keep these forms separate so long as transitional 

 forms are not found |. 



Lycodes reticulatus Reinhardt. 



Tab. II, Fig. 2. Fig. 9-10 in text. 



1835. Lycodes reticulatus Reinhardt, Overs. Kgl. D. Vidensk. Selsk. Forh. 1834-35, P- 77- 



1838. L.reticu/atus Reinhardt, Kgl. D. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. VII, p. 167, Tab. 6. 



1880. L.reticulatus Liitken, Vidensk. Medd. Natnrh. Foren. Kbhvn., p. 318 (partim). 



1895 L. reticulatus Smitt, Skandinaviens Fiskar II, p. 611 (partim). 



1897. L. reticulatus Vanhoffen, Gronland-Expedition der Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Rerhn, II, i, p. loi. 



The height over the anus amounts to 11,3-14^2 " o of the total length. The 

 lenc^th of the head in males is 25,1-26,5 ^/.., in females 22,4-24,4 " . and the longi- 

 tudinal diameter of the eye 4-2,7 " o of the total length. The distance between the 

 snout and the anus in males is 46,7-49,7-0 of the total length, in females 46,2-47,4%- 

 The length of the pectoral is 13^14,2 "'„ of the total length. Young specimens have 

 7^_9 dark cross-bands on the trunk and tail, which (all or essentially only the 

 foremost) form network markings in the older; a light band across over the neck 



