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LYCODIN^. 



and dark lines of network on the sides of the head. The scaly covering reaches to a 

 point under or a little in front of the anterior end of the dorsal fin, but the belly and 

 the anterior part of the back as well as the fins are naked. The lateral line is medio- 

 lateral. Pyloric appendages 2. Size up to 380 mm. 



D. 92 —93. .V- 7 5- P. 19 — 2 I. \'ert. 93 I 2 I — 22 + 72 — 71 1. 



Distribution. West Greenland, ca. 100 fathoms. 



Remarks on the Svnon\-m\. 



Of the 10 specimens referred by Liitken (I.e.) to L. reliciilaius Reinh., I think we must reject the following: Nr. 18 

 must be brousjht under L. seminudus Reinh.; Nr. 24 and Nr. 25, now prepared skeletons, I am unable to determine witli 

 perfect certainty, but in all probabihtv they likewise belonjj to /,. seminudus Reinh. Further reasons for this separation will 

 be found under /.. seminudus (cf. p. 71 and p. 75 1. 



Ivastlv, it cannot be considered absolutely certain, that Xr. 23, type-specimen to I., peyspicilhim Kroyer, is the youni; 

 form of the present species; it is better tlierefore, to discuss it separately with some younj; specimens of similar appe- 

 arance which have appeared later (cf. p. 64 — 65). 



Description. 



After separating out the foreign elements as mentioned above, our knowledge of L. reticulatus 

 rests upon 6 specimens preserved in the Museum here. Their proportions are given below along with 

 those of a seventh (255 mm. long) which was taken later b}' Dr. E. \'anhoffen and preser\ed in the 

 Berlin Museum, from which I have had it for inspection. 



Tlie form is therefore somewhat elongated, the height over the anus going 7 — 8,8 times in 

 the total length. The greatest breadth lies as usual forward on the cheeks, and is ca. i'/, times 

 greater than the height at the same place; the trunk is somewhat compressed, the height half wa\- 

 along being i' \ times greater than its thickness, and the tail posteriorly becomes gradually more and 

 more compressed. The tail has a slight advantage in length over the rest of the body, the distance 

 between the snout and anus being in males 46,7 — 49,7 " o of the total length, in females 46,2— 47,4" o- 



The length of the head amounts in the males to 25,1 — 26,5 ^'o, in the females to 22,4 — 24,4^0 

 of the total length. Seen from the .side the upper and lower margins each form a slightly bent line, 

 seen from above (fig. 9 in te.xtl the outline approaches an oval form. The head above is .somewhat 

 arched, and rounded towards the .sides, which again are convex; the under surface is also .slightly 

 arched. The e\es are rather small and as usual relatively the smallest in full-grown specimens, so 

 that their longitudinal diameter is 6-- 10 times in the length of the head or 4 — 2,7 '^' „ of the total 

 length; the distance between the two eyes is almost equal to the longitudinal diameter of the eye. 

 The length of the .snout to the eye is 7,8 9",, of the total length. The upper jaw reaches to the 



