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LYCODIN^. 



a. The distance between the snont and the anns is 24,1 — 28",, of tlie total length, the distance 

 of the dorsal fin from the snout, 18,2—20,6%. L. flagellicauda Jensen; p. 94. 



b. The distance between the snout and the anus is 21,6 °/o of the total length, the distance of the 

 dorsal fin from the snout 15,3 "/o- L.ophjdhim Jensen; p. 97. 



Lycodonus flagellicauda Jensen. 



Fijj. 29-33 in text. 



1878. Lycodes murccna Collett, Fiske fra Nordhavs-Expeditionen 1878; Forh. Vidensk. Selsk. Chria., 1878, 



No. 14, p. 74 (partim). 

 1880. L.murcena Collett, The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, Fi.she.s, p. 116 (partim), PI. IV, 



Fig. 29 & 31. 

 1887. L. nmrcena Giinther, The Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, \-ol. XXII, Report on the Deep-Sea 



Fishes, p. 79, PI. XII, Fig. A. 

 1891. L.murcviia Lilljeborg, Sveriges och Norges F"iskar, II, p. 25 (partim). 

 1895. L.mnrceiia Smitt, Skandinaviens Fiskar, II, p. 616 (partim). Fig. 152. 

 1898. L.murcEna Liitken, The Dani.sh Ingolf-Expedition, II, i, p. 20 (partim). 

 1901. Lyceiickelys flagellicauda Jensen, Viden.sk. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kbhvn., p. 210. 



The height over the anus is 3,4—4,470 of the total length. The head, whose 

 length is 12,7 — 14,5",,') of the total length, is broad and flat, the trunk round; the 

 tail b e c o m evs v e r \- 1 o w immediate!}- behind the anus and i s o f a r o u n d w h i p - s h a p e d 

 form, only becoming compressed near the end. The front of the lower jaw lies a 

 good bit behind the tip of the upper. 8 pits for the lateral line along the upper jaw 

 and under the e \- e. The distance between the snout and the anus is 24,1—28 " „ of the 

 total length^). The distance between the snout and the dorsal fin is 18,2- 2o,6"„ of 

 the total length. The colour uniformly gray-brown. The scales may extend to the 

 head, when the total length of the fish is ca. 200 mm., but usually they are much less 

 advanced at this (or a still greater) total length. The lateral line double, divided into 

 a \- e n t r a 1 and a m e d i o 1 a t e r a 1 branch, I1 u t of the latter o n 1 >■ isolated pores are u s u a 1 1 >• 

 to be seen along the median line of the side 5). Pyloric appendages not developed. 

 The size up to 217 mm. 



D. 101 — 10941. A. 97 — 103I). P. (13 — 14) 15 — ij- 



Distribution. The polar depths from ,8 pi t zb erg en down towards Iceland and 

 the Fasroes, 459 — 1003 fathoms. 



') In 4 males 13,3 — 14,2 " o, in 8 females 12,7—13,800, in 2 young specimens 14,1 — i4,5°o. 



2) In 4 males 25 — 26,800, in 8 females 24,4—2800, in 2 yonng specimens 24,1 — 25,40,0. 



3) Figure 31 in Collett (N. North-Atlantic Exped., Fishes) shows a whole row of pores along the middle of the side, 

 but I have not seen anything similar. 



4) According to Collett: D. loi — 108; A. 97 — 103. In two .specimens 1 have found: D. loS— 109; A. 98 — 102. 



