1 899- No. 6. LYCODES GRACILIS. I9 



Food. 



From the examination of a number of individuals, obtained from 

 the Christiania Fjord and from Throndhjem Fjord, it appears that the 

 food chiefly consists of small crustaceans and mollusks. Almost all 

 contained chiefly Cumacea in greater or lesser numbers. 



The specimens examined thus contained the following i. 



1. Dröbak Aug. 1894. Kelliella miliaris, Diasty lis serr ata, Philome- 

 dusa brenda, as well as an Amphipode, which could not be identified. 



2. Dröbak Aug. 1897. The carapace of an Hippolyte. 



3. Dröbak Aug. 1897. Kelliella miliaris, Diasty lis cornuta, an 

 Amphipode (indefinable), and small young ones of Pecten abyssorum. 



4. Dröbak Aug. 1897. Kelliella miliaris, Diastylis cornuta, Dia- 

 stylis serrata, Leucon nasicus, Cardium minimum, Yoldia lucida. 



5. Dröbak Aug. 1897. Diastylis cornuta, Diastylis serrata, Dia- 

 stylis biplicata, Leucon longirostris, Campylaspis verriicosa, Philomedes 

 brenda, Yoldia frigida. 



6. Dröbak Aug. 1897. Parts of a Crangon; one Foraminifer {Sacca- 

 mina}). 



7. Dröbak Aug. 1897. Diastylis resima, Diastylis lucifera, Leucon 

 nasicus, Leucon brevicornis, Aceros phyllonyx, Philomedusa brenda, Macro- 

 sty lis spinifera. 



8. Brevik Fjord Nov. 1898. Kelliella miliaris, Philomedusa brenda, 

 an Amphipode ; Cardium minimum, Yoldia lucida, Yoldia pygmaea. 



9. Bolærerne Sept. 1897. Kelliella miliaris; Foraminiferes {Bilo- 

 culina). 



10. Langesund Fjord Sept. 1898. Young of a Carciftus. 



11. Trondhjem Fjord July 1888. An Amphipode (indefinable); Yoldia 

 lucida. 



In a specimen from Iceland ( 1 89 1 ) was found : Pontophilus norvegicus, 

 Diastylis edwardsii, Leucon nasicus, and parts of the ray of an Ophiura. 



Parasites. 



Several of the young individuals had Anchorellae attached to the 

 dorsal (especially on its foremost portion). One young specimen (Dröbak, 

 Aug. 1897) which was slightly damaged (the end of the tail being want- 

 ing, but- the specimen was otherwise perfect) had 6 Anchorellae fastened 



1 These species have been determined by my friend Professor G. O. Sars. 



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