1898. No. 1. LYCODES SARSII. 9 
Two somewhat larger specimens were caught during August and 
September 1807, in the Christiania Fjord (Aasgaardstrand 28th August, 
Drøbak Sound oth September), at a depth of 30 to 100 fathoms. 
Both of these were in a state of transition to the last (unspotted) 
stage, the dark cross patches having almost disappeared, while the 
dark greyish-brown ground colouring had spread, more or less, over 
the body below the median line. 
The other 6 individuals represented the fully coloured specimen. 
These were caught by Dr. Petersen on the 28th July in the Arendal 
Channel off the South Coast of Norway, at a depth of about 300 
fathoms, and were of a length of 126 to 184 mm. 
In these the entire body was of a dark yellowish brown colour; 
the dark cross patches of the medium stage had disappeared; the 
jaws were proportionately elongated, and these specimens, whose 
generative organs contained not quite ripe roes and milts, were,- 
probably, nearly matured. The scaly covering was complete.+ 
The specimens were probably in their pairing dress; but whether 
they had attained their final size and appearance or not, is a question 
which, at present, cannot be answered. 
For the present Z. sarsii is thus represented by at least 17 
specimens, all of which I have had an opportunity of examining. Of 
these, one was caught in the Skagerak (off the coast of the Bohuslen), 
while the others have all been obtained from Norwegian Fjords and 
waters, from the Arendal Channel and Christiania Fjord in the South, 
up to the Folden Fjord on the borders of Nordland (65° N. Lat.) in 
the North. 
To these must be added the young specimen from the North 
Atlantic obtained by the «Porcupine Expedition», which, however, 
can not as yet, with certainty, be included under this species. 
Diagnosis. 
Body elongated (sub-genus Lycenchelys, Gill 1884). In its total 
length, the length of the head is contained about 6 to 7 times (rarely a 
little more or less); the height of the body, 12 to 14 times (occasionally 
up to 16 times); the distance of the dorsal from the end of the snout 4 
to 41/2 times; the body proper (the body in front of the anus) 3 to 31/2 
times (in one specimen up to 334 times). 
1 One of the specimens in this latter stage, was kindly presented to the Christiania 
Museum by Dr. Petersen, the others are preserved in the Zoological Museum at 
Copenhagen. = 
