NER are not many regions the ichthyological fauna of 
which has been so carefully and so extensively treated and 
worked up by eminent naturalists! as that of Scandinavia 
and the adjacent Arctic Sea. It was therefore not be ex- 
pected that an expedition to Spitzbergen nowadays should 
bring home forms that were completely new to science, espe- 
cially when its purpose was not exclusively zoological. The 
material from this Expedition does not enrich our knowledge 
in that respect, but as it gives a good idea of the composi- 
tion of the ichthyological fauna in certain districts which 
have not hitherto been subjected to scientific researches, and 
also in some respects widens the knowledge of the biology of 
the arctic fishes I think these notes may not seem uncalled 
for as a supplement to previous works on the same subject. 
The collection was made mostly with dredge and trawl 
by Dr. A. OHLIN, but Conservator G. KoLrTtHoFF also caught 
some with a small seine and with hook and line, and some 
were cut out of birds. It comprises 18 species two of which 
have not been found at Spitzbergen before while several spe- 
cies are recorded from King Charles Land from which nothing 
had been collected before. 
In most cases Dr. OHLIN has given valuable information 
about the conditions of the bottom, and the temperature at 
the bottom, whereby we receive some knowledge about the 
physical conditions under which the here mentioned species 
of fish live. 
1! Quoted on the following pages. 
