- . THE FISHES OF THE .INGOLF» EXPEDITIONS. 



faither down at the inferior part of the preopercle. In the yonng ones they are hardly to be disting- 

 uished with the exception of two tubercles behind the eyes. There are four dark -coloured bands, 

 one over the base of the tail, one over the hind part of the dorsal fin and downwards to the anal 

 fin, a third over the foremost part of the dorsal down towards the pectorals and a fourth — especially 

 distinct in the younger — transversely over the front, the eyes and the cheeks. 

 The Stations of C. microps at the <'Ingolf> voyages were: 



Stat. Lat. N. Long. W. 

 9: 64° 18' 27° 00' (West of Iceland), 295 fathoms, clay, bottom temp. 5°.8 C. (size 45 and 30™"'). 



28 : 65° 14' 55° 42' (West of Sukkertoppen), 420 fathoms, soft brown gray mud with many Rliabdaiii- 



iiiinm^ bottom temp. 3^5 C. (45"™). 



32: 66° 35' 56° 38' (Davis Strait, off Holsteinsborg), 318 fathoms, brown gray mud with mzwy Rhabdaiii- 



viincr, bottom temp. 3".9 C, male and female (160 and So""'). 



35: 65° 16' 55' 05' (Southwest of Sukkertoppen), 362 fath., brownish mud with arenaceous foraminifera, 



bottom temp. 3^.6 C. (52"""). 



126: 67" 19' 15° 52' (North of Iceland), 293 fathoms, gray brown, blue claylike mud, bottom temperature 



-^o-.sC, female (154™™). 



141: 63^22' 6° 58' (North of the Faroe Islands), 679 fath., gray mud, bottom tp. -^ o\6 C, male (170'"™). 



Cottunculus torvus Goode (Thompsoni Giinther) 



was described almost contemporaneously under the name cited, by Brown Goode and Tarleton 

 Bean (Report on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alex. Agassiz, Report on the fi.shes. 

 Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology», X, 5, 1883, p. 213) and by Alb. Giinther (Report 

 on the deep-sea fishes, the vo}'age of H. M. S. <- Challenger*, 1887, p. 61, pi. XI, fig. B). It is figured by 

 Giinther and by Leon Vaillant (Expeditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman > 1880—83, 

 Poissons (1888), p. 361, pi. 28, fig. 3), whose figure however, as stated in the text, is defective, the artist 

 having overlooked the first part of the dorsal. The localities, from which this species is known, are 

 1) The «Faroe Channel at 535 fathoms depth (.size 7V4 inches). 2) The 5 .specimens of the length of 

 62—407""', fished by the American deep-sea expeditions at 464—723 fathoms at 33"" 42' Lat. North to 

 41° 32' Lat. North and at 65" 55' Long. West to 76° Long. W. 3) The French expeditious obtained 9 

 specimens (35—146"™) off the Sudan coast and at the <banc d'Arguins at depths of 1139— 1459 metres. 

 4) With the «Fylla» a specimen, iso""" lang, was obtained in Davis Strait (66-49' ^^'^- North, 56"" 28' 

 Long. West, at a depth of 235 fathoms, sand and ooze bottom, bottom temp. 4-.4 C.) («Vidensk. Meddel. 

 fra den naturh. Forening» 1891, p. 29). 5) With <Ingolf> finally a specimen was obtained, a female, 

 184""", at station 83 (Denmark Strait, South west of Iceland), 62 ' 25' Lat. North, 28^30' Long. West, 

 depth gi2 fathoms, temperature at the bottom 3 .5 C. 



This Cottiincitlus is smooth without granulations etc., light gray without designs; the head is 

 strongly provided with coniform tubercles on front, top and sides of the head, opercles etc. A specimen 

 from the American deep-sea expeditions has been before me for comparison; young specimens are 

 not at hand. 



