BIHANG TILL K. SV. VET.-AKAD. HANDL. BAND 27. AFD. IV. N:0 4. 33 



beginniug at the bind margin of the first caudal dark crossmark. 

 Length of the intertnaxillar as well as of the palatine series of 

 teeth 13.3 mm. 

 N:o R. 22. Same localitj' as N:o V. 13 and R. 17. 



Rather light variety, red and white. Nuchal white cross- 

 band entire. Elongated and acute form of body. Caudal dark 

 crossmarks 8, the hindmost on the tip of the tail, the two fore- 

 most white in their interiör, thus hinting to the origin of secondary 

 white saddle-marks. Scales as seminudus, reaching forward about 

 to the beginning of the anal fin. Anal opening below the usual 

 white interspace. Length of the intermaxillar series of teeth 

 14.9 mm,, of the palatine 12.8 mm. 



23 — 36, forma reticulata. 



N:o R. 23. Spitzberg, Treuren berg-bay ; 5 fathoms; August 1861; 

 GoÉs and Smitt. 



Type-specimen for Lycodes Rossi, Malmgren ; figurcd in 

 Smitt, Scand. Fish., ed. 2, p. 612, and in Collett, Lyc. 

 gracilis, Vid. Selsk. Skr. Chrnia, I, M. N. Kl. 1899, N:o 6, 

 p. 9. 



N:o R. 24. Greenland; 75°26'n.; 260 fathoms; mud-bottom; 1883, 

 A. E. Nordenskiöld. 



Same fry-livery as preceding, but the first caudal saddle- 

 mark reaching the base of the anal fin. No scales. Whole brain 

 visible through its coverings. 



N:o R. 25. Greenland, Inglefield Gulf, 25 fathoms; August 8, 1894; 

 Dr A. Ohlin. 



Fry-livery. Caudal crossmarks 4, the first and second scarcely 

 reaching the anal fin, the two bind ones crossing that fin also. 

 No scales. Brain visible as before. Anal opening below the 

 usual interspace. 



N:o R. 26. Greenland; 72°25'n.; 17 56'w.; depth 300 m.; sand 

 and stones; July 7, 1900; KOLTHOFF-expedition. 



Colour as in Lutken, Kara-Havets Fiske, tab. XVI, fig. 6, 

 with the inner field of the dark crossmarks greyish-red, and the 

 oblique bands in the vertical fins resp. dark-brown (almost black) 

 and white. Light nuchal crossband 4-partite. Caudal dark 

 crossmarks 7, the hindmost in the tip of the tail-fin; anal opening 

 below the front margin of the first. Scales rather indistinct but 

 perceptible on the upper and middle parts of the sides of the 

 body from the back margin of the first to the third caudal dark 

 crossmark. Length of the intermaxillar as well as palatine series 

 of teeth 3 mm. 



N:o R. 27. Spitzberg, west off Cape Mitra; 79' 10' n.; 11° w.; depth 

 100 m.; mud-bottom; July 2, 1900; KoLTHOFF-expedition. 



Colour as preceding but the red parts a little darker. Caudal 

 dark crossmarks 6 (besides a little dark spöt in the tip of the 

 tail-fin), the four bind ones crossing the anal fin also; anal 



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