LYCODIN.'E. 



97 



St. 117. Soutli from Jan Mayen. . . 1003 fathoms — i^ C. i specimen 



- 125. North from Iceland 729 — — o°8- i 



- 102. East from Iceland 750 — — o'g - i — 



- 104- 957 — — I'l - 5 — 



- 105. 762 — — o'S - 2 — 



- 139. North from Faeroes 702 — — o°6 - i — 



Lycodonus flagellicatida is thns widel\' distributed over the deeper parts of the cold area 

 from Spitzbergen down to Iceland and the Fteroe Channel. 



Lycodonus ophidium Jensen. 

 1898. Lycodes murcena Liitken, The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, II, i, p. 20 (partini). 

 1901. Lycenchelys ophidium Jensen, \'idensk. Medd Natnrh. Foren. Kbhvn., p. 212. 



The single specimen present, a >• o n n g i n d i \- i d u a 1 of 118 m m., stands \- e r >• near 

 to Lycodonus flage llicaiida, but in j^roportion to the total length, the length of the 

 head is 12 ° „, the distance between the snout and the amis 21,6 " „ and the distance 

 of the dorsal fin from the snout 15,3 " i c^- P- i5- 



Distribution.' North Atlantic Ocean S. from Iceland, 1089 fathoms. 



As there is but a single and young specimen to hand, only the above preliminary characteri- 

 sation of the species can be given. 



This specimen has in the main the same characteristic appearance as the young L. flagelli- 

 cauda and is hardh- to be distinguished from these on superficial observation. But the measurements 

 show that the head is .shorter, that the anus lies further forward and that the dorsal fin begins nearer 

 the head. These features will appear on comparison with three L. flagellicaiida of similar length: 



Lycodonus flagellicaiida L. ophidium 



Total!. I Totall.'! Totall. Totall. 



no mm. , 112 mm. 114 mm. , iiS mm. 



In percentage of the total len.t;tli: I | I 



L,ength of the head 14.1 °,'o I 14,3 °'o 1 14,5 °,o ' 12 0,0 



Dktance from snout to anus 1 24,1 "o 26,800 25,400 ' 2i,60o 



Distance of dorsal fin from the snout \ 18,20/0 I 19,600 19,3 o'o j 15.30/0 



The specimen was taken b\- the Ingolf Expedition of 1896 in the North Atlantic S. from Ice- 

 land (St. 65), where the depth was 1089 fathoms and bottom-temperature — 3° C. In Liitkens report 

 on the ichthyological results of the expedition it is referred to /,. murcena Coll. 



I) From CoUetts measurements of a specimen from the Xorth-.Atlantic Expedition; the two other specimens are 

 from the Ingolf Expedition. 



The Ingolf-Expedition. 11. 4. 



