32 LÖNNBERG, FISHES FROM SPITZBERGEN AND KING CHARLES LAND. 
3) fishes which can be regarded as belonging more to the 
Greenland- or more to the Spitzbergen-sea. In the first class 
he only enumerates 4 species, namely Cottus scorpius, Gymmno- 
canthus (>Phlobetor») ventralis, Lumpenus lampretiformis (snebu- 
losus») and Drepanopsetta platessoides. To the second class 
are counted 6 forms: Centridermichthys hamatus, Cyclogaster 
liparis (»barbatus»), CO. l. fabricii, Uronectes parryi, Gymnelis 
viridis and Lycodes rossi. As »vermittelnde Formen» between 
class 1 and 2 are Cyclopterus spinosus and Lumpenus nubilus 
mentioned. The third class, which TrautzsoH regards as 
mainly western or southern, should embrace Triglops pingelii, 
Sebastes marinus (>norvegicus»), Lumpenus medius and fabri- 
cii, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (»vulgaris;), Gadus callarias 
(»=morrhua»), G. eglefinus, Clupea harengus and Acanthorhinus 
carcharias (>Secymnus microcephalus»). 
Lastly Gadus saida (>Boreogadus polaris») is mentioned 
as peculiar to Spitzbergen, and Salmo alpinus as freshwater 
fish. In this list we find nearly all deep water fishes omitted, 
and not only those, but also several others. The manner in 
which the different forms which are quoted, are divided up 
in the different classes, seems also to be rather erroneous. 
I have here appended a table (compiled from the literature) 
over the arctic fishes found in the cold area north of Europe, 
but have, as a rule, omitted such forms as can be re- 
garded as exclusively western, Greenlandic or arctic American 
and not extending so far east as to the Jan Mayen sea. As 
the classification of the species within some genera as Lyco- 
des, Lumpenus and Cyclogaster is not as yet satisfactorily 
brought to conclusion the number of species may still be re- 
duced, but according to this provisorial list the number of 
fishes which have been found near Spitzbergen! amounts to 
about thirty three (but to this 4 or 5 more might be added). 
Of that number not less than 18 (or if the greater number is 
taken 21) have been found, at least now and then, so far 
south as in Skagerak—Kattegat. I suppose that these fishes 
can be substituted for those four TRAUTZSCH counts in his 
first class, because they evidently have the widest distribution. 
" Prof. VAILLANT gives a short list of fishes collected during >Voyage 
de ”La Manche' å Fisle Jan Mayen> etc. (Paris 1894, p. 218). In this list he 
mentions >Centronotus gunellus> from Belsund, Spitzbergen. This find may 
however be regarded as doubtful or accidental when it has not been recorded 
by any other of the many expeditions to these parts. 
