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perpendicular line through the centre or the posterior third of the eye, and extends antericjrly a little 

 in front of the lower jaw. The lips are particularly fleshy; the underlip has an oxerhanging fold on 

 each side, and the fold of skin along the underjaw's lower margin droops like a flaj) on the chin 

 (see fig. 10 in text). The teeth are curved, conical or almost cylindrical; on the intermaxillary in 

 front there is a double row, and on the underjaw 3 rows in front, but otherwise they are in a single 



I'it;. 9— 10. Head of Lycodcs reiiculatus, seen from above and below. X i. 

 From a 255 mm. lon<f specimen Icj') from the innermost parts of Umanak Fjord (West Greenland), 190 m. Un,salski Expedition 



(Dr. F;. Vanhoffen), 27. 3. 1893. 



row; I have counted 9 14 teeth in a row on the interma.xillary, on the palatines 9— 13, on the vomer 

 2 — 5 and on the underjaw 8 — 15 in a row. 



The dorsal fin begins at a distance from the snout which is equal to 30 — 31,8" o of the total 

 length; it contains 92—93 ravs, the anal fin 75 rays. The ventral fins are small, almost of the same 

 length as the diameter of the pupil. The length of the pectorals amounts to 13—14,2'^,, of the total 

 length; they contain (19)20(21) rays. 



The scales in all the present specimens (225 — 380 mm. long) reach to a point which lies under 

 or a little in front of the anterior end of the dorsal fin, \et a part under the dorsal fin anteriorly and 

 the belly to the anus (likewise a little behind this) are naked. In the smallest specimen the scaly 

 covering ceases at some distance (23 nnn.) from the end of the tail, but in the others it extends very 

 close or even to the root of the tail. The fins are free of scales. 



The lateral line begins on the back of the head over the gill-cover, curves down with a 

 slight arch towards the median line, along which it then continues to the point of the tail. A few 

 pores are to be seen forward on the trunk above this niediolateral lateral line. 



The colouration is somewhat .speckled (Tab. II, fig. 2 and fig. 9 in texti. I cannot give a 

 better notion of it than by citing Liit ken's description, which .says concerning the males: The 

 colour-markings are as a rule in the form of a network on the trunk and tail, i. e. composed of an 



