LYCODIN-*;. 



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27,8 — 28,4 ' „ of the U)lal Iciiyth. The distance of the dorsal fin from the snont is 

 18,6 — 18,9 f o of the total len.tjth. The colour yellow-white, with many brown spots, 

 which on the tail posteriorly, adorn both the nnpaircd fins and the body between 

 them, but on the foremost part of the tail and on the trunk are mainly on the dorsal 

 fin, the back and the upper part of the side; a dark-brown s])ot above at the shoulder, 

 and a dark arched band across over the pectoral, on the skin between the rays; toj) 

 of the head brown, the sides and under surface whitish; a dark band from the snout 

 to the eve, a dark spot behind the eye and one on the j^il 1 -cover. The scales extend 

 from the end of the tail to, or a little beyond, the anterior end of the dorsal fin, but 

 the b e 1 1 \- and the under part of the trunk (in front of the anus) are naked; no scales 

 on the fins. The lateral line double, rather distinct from the flap of the s^ill-cover 

 down towards the anus (the ventral branch); in addition, isolated pores are present 

 along the median line (the mediolateral branch). Pyloric appendages not developed. 

 The size (of the two males to hand) ca. 130 mm. 



D. ca. 124. A. ca. iio. P. 14 — 15. 



Distribution. Northern East-Greenland, ca. 160 fathoms. 



Of this new species the Kolthoff Expedition took 2 .specimens (SS) off the east coast of 

 northern Greenland (72' 25' X.L. 17' 56' W.L.) on the 30th of July 1900; the depth was 300 meter.s, and 

 the bottom stony and sandy. 



The most important proportions of these specimens are as follows: 



Total leiigtli in mni. 



Length of the head — 



Distance from snout to anus — 



Height over the anus — 



Distance from snout to dorsal fin — 



Length of the pectoral — 



Length of the snout — 



Longitudinal diameter of the eye — 



The Xorth American ].y codes Vervillii (roode & Bean (Oceanic Ichthyology, 1895, p. 309, 

 Fig. 277), with which F. A. Smitt (1. c.) had identified the present form, is quite a different species, 

 as will appear from the following measurements of 2 specimens, presented to the Copenhagen Zoo- 

 logical Museum from the Smithsonian Institution. 



L. verrillii Goode &. Bean: 



The Ingolf-E.xpcdition. II. \ 



