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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  26 
  (45 
  in 
  type 
  of 
  ommatistius 
  ommatistius) 
  . 
  Breast 
  with 
  short 
  traces 
  

   only 
  of 
  two 
  cross 
  folds; 
  in 
  many 
  cotypes 
  the 
  breast 
  is 
  wholly 
  naked, 
  

   in 
  others 
  with 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  folds. 
  Sides 
  of 
  abdomen 
  largely 
  naked. 
  

   No 
  folds 
  approach 
  median 
  line 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  anal 
  fin. 
  

  

  Fifty-seven 
  cotypes 
  of 
  T. 
  ommatistius 
  terrsenovse 
  have 
  been 
  exam- 
  

   ined 
  from 
  Albatross 
  collections 
  off 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Newfoundland 
  (sta- 
  

   tions 
  2438, 
  2441, 
  2444, 
  2445, 
  2446, 
  2449, 
  2450, 
  2451, 
  2466, 
  2492, 
  

   2493), 
  all 
  holding 
  perfectly 
  the 
  distinctive 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   species. 
  They 
  vary 
  principally 
  in 
  the 
  plating 
  of 
  the 
  caudal 
  peduncle, 
  

   the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  the 
  breast, 
  some 
  specimens 
  bemg 
  much 
  

   more 
  completely 
  naked 
  than 
  others. 
  In 
  25 
  specimens 
  the 
  fin 
  rays 
  

   range 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Unfortunately 
  no 
  specunens 
  of 
  Triglops 
  are 
  available 
  from 
  the 
  

   west 
  coast 
  of 
  Greenland. 
  Four 
  individuals 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  Zoological 
  

   Polar 
  Expedition 
  of 
  1900, 
  off 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Greenland 
  (lat. 
  72° 
  

   25' 
  N.), 
  indicate 
  a 
  species 
  totally 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  forms 
  here 
  

   described. 
  Two 
  are 
  males 
  and 
  two 
  females, 
  and 
  all 
  agree 
  in 
  the 
  

   characteristic 
  lengthwise 
  brown 
  streaks 
  and 
  spots 
  below 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   line, 
  the 
  blunt 
  snout, 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  eye, 
  as 
  figured 
  by 
  CoUett 
  

   from 
  Norwegian 
  material.^ 
  None 
  of 
  them 
  resembles 
  the 
  female 
  he 
  

   there 
  figures 
  (fig. 
  10), 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  smaller 
  eye, 
  the 
  sharper 
  snout, 
  

   the 
  coloration, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  lesser 
  number 
  of 
  rays 
  in 
  the 
  pectoral 
  fin 
  (18). 
  

   The 
  fin 
  counts 
  in 
  our 
  four 
  Greenland 
  specimens 
  follow 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  Norw. 
  N. 
  Atl. 
  Exp., 
  pi. 
  1, 
  fig. 
  

  

  