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the lower jaw lies a good bit behind the point of the upper. 8 large pores for the 

 lateral line along the upper jaw and nnilcr the e\-e. The distance between the snout 

 and the anus amounts to 27,6 "„ of the total length. The distance of the dorsal fin 

 from the snout is 20''',, of the total length. Tlie colour uniformly yellow-brown. 

 Scales cover the tail and the trunk as also the unpaired fins towards their margin. 

 Lateral line double, divided into a ventral and a mediolateral branch. Pyloric 

 appendages very small. The size (of the only known specimen) 275 m m. 



D. 128. A. I 16. P. 17. 



Distribution. Davis Straits, 393 fathoms. 



The single specimen to hand of this new .species, which Liitken had referred to L. mm-cena 

 Coll., though with some hesitation, is a female with small eggs in the ovary; the most important 

 proportions are as follows: 



Total length 275 mm. 



Length of the head 34 — 



Distance from snout to anus 76 — 



Height over the anus 14 — 



Distance of dorsal fin from snout 55 — 



The form of tlie body is more elongated tlian in most of the species of the genus, tlic 

 height over the aniis being 5,1 ".q of the total length. The greatest height of the bod}- lies o\-er the 

 anus; from this the height remains almost unaltered towards the head, and posteriorly decreases \-ery 

 slowly and evenly towards the tail. The trunk itself appro.ximates to the cylindrical, its thickness 

 being onl}' I'/j — Vj^ times in the height, but the tail becomes gradually more strongh- compressed. 

 The anus lies far forward, its distance from the snout being 27,6% of the total length. 



Fi.!^. 26 2S. Head of Lycenchelys ijigolfiantis, .seen from above, the side and below. X i. 



The head is relatively short, its length being 12,4% of the total length. It is tolerably 

 broad, especially on the cheeks, where the breadth indeed is a little greater than the height. Seen 

 from the side, the height renuiins the same from the neck to near the e\e, where the orbit shows a 

 little convexity; from the anterior margin of the eye the snout descends somewhat sharply, yet so 

 that the slope forms a weak arch, and at the same time the lower surface rises up. Seen from above, 

 it is a little bent out over the cheek.s, and the point of the .snout is broadly rounded off. The upper 



