18 



af -S. marinus, opgiver Beau og Goode i sin nyeste 

 Catalog over sainme Districts Fiske (Bull. Ess. List. vol. 

 9. 1879), at de af dem iiudersogte Individer ..correspond 

 most nearlv with S. marinus-'-. 



Fam. Cottidae. 



GJ-en. Cottvxncvilixs, Coll. 



Norges Fiske, Tillægsh. til Forh. Vid. Selsk. Clira. lsT4, p. -20. 



Chra. 18T.T (1874). ' 



Hovedet bredt cegformifft, forholdsvis start off 

 høji; Legemet kort off tijndt^ heklcedt med eha- 

 grinartede Bentornegrupper, men uden Skjæl. GjæUe- 

 laagene uvæhnede., men med stumpe Knuder. Teen-, 

 der i Kjæverne og paa Vomer. Sidelinie tilstede. 

 Dorsalerne fiddstændifft sammenvoxede. Gjællejiin- 

 derne' ere ikke indbyrdes sammenhængende paa 

 Hovedets Underside. 



4. Cottunculus microps, Coll. 1874. 

 Pl. I. fig. .-.—(i. 



Cottunndns microps, Coll. ,, Norges Fiske", Tillægsh. til Forh. Tid. Selsk. 

 Clira. 1«74, p. 20, Pl. 1. Fig. 1— ;i (1ST4). 



Diagn. Hovedet, Legemet og Finnerne teet chagrine- 

 rede. Hovedets Længde indeholdes 2^'n Gange i Totallæng- 

 den. Øjnene forholdsvis smaa, med stor Limlse; Literorhi- 

 talrummet særdeles hredt. Praeope)Tulum har 4 stumpe Knu- 

 der, men ingen Twne; Operadtmi er helrandet. Paa Fan- 

 den 2 Par Tuherkler, der danne et Qvadraf. GjællespaJten 

 vid. Sidelinien uvæhnet, har omtr. 10 Porer. Straalcrne i 

 Dorsalens forreste Del (Pigstraalerne) sæ>-deles lave, spinkle 

 og svage, næsten 3 Gange kortere, eiid de hagre Straaler. 

 Pedoralerne hreåe og lange, naa tilhage forbi Beggndélsen 

 af Analen. Ventralerne korte og spinkle, med stort Mellem- 

 rum; Analen er uden Pigstraaler, Anus ligger midt mellem 

 SnMdesjndsen og sidste Hahhvirvel. Farven hvidagtig med 

 4 hrimsorte Tverhaand, hvoraf det forreste gaar tvers over 

 Snuden. Appendices pyloricae 2. Størrelsen indtil 17o'""'' 



Bean and Goode. in their latest catalogue of the lishes of 



that region (Bull. Ess. Inst. vol. 9. 1879). state that all 



individuals examined by them -'correspond most nearly' 

 with S. marinus.". 



Fam. Cottidæ. 



CaJ-en. Cottxincvxlii.s, Coll. 



"Norges Fiske," Appendix to Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 1874, p. 20 



Chra. 187.") (1874). 



Head broad^ ovate, size and height considerable; 

 body short and thin, covered with clusters . of 

 rough granulations: scales wanting; gill-covers with 

 obtuse knotty protuberances, but not armed; teeth 

 in maxillaries and on vomer: lateral line obvious; 

 dorsals continuous, forming a single fin: branchial 

 membrane disconnected on the inferior surface of 

 the head. 



4. Cottunculus microps, Coll. 1874. 



PI. I. tig. .-,— (i. 



CqttvMculus microps, Coll. "Norges Fiske," App. to Forh. Vid. Selsk. 

 Chra. 1S74, p. 20, PI. 1, Fig. 1—:^ ils74.. 



Diagnosis. — Head, bodg, and fins thickly covered tvith 

 rough granulations; length of head to total length- as 1 to 2'^ j^; 

 eyes comparatively s)naU, with the lenses large; interorhital 

 spcu-e erceedingly .wide ; four ohtuse knotty protuheraiices on 

 the preopercnJum, but no spines : ■margin of operailum e)itire; 

 two pairs of tubercles on the croivn, arranged quadrangitlarly ; 

 gRl-openings wide: lateral line smooth, with about 10 pores; 

 the anterior rays of tlie dorsal (the spiny portion) exceeds 

 ingly short, slettder, and feeble, the rays in the soft portion 

 almost 3 times longer; pectorals broad and long, extending 

 •backwards beyond the origin of the anal; ventrals short and 

 slender, far apart; ancd without spiny rays. Vent midway 

 betiveen tip of snout and the last caudal .vertebra. Colour 

 wliitisii, tuith 4 brownislt-black bands, the first of uhich tra- 

 verses the snmit; pyloric appendages 2. Length reaching 175 """• 



M. B. (i: D. 6/13—6/15; A. 10; P. 15— lU; Y. 3; C. i,12ii. M. B. 6: D. 6, 13 or 6/15; A. 10; P. 15—10: V. 3: C. 4/i5/4. 



Localit. Ira Nordh. Exp ed. 

 for Spitsbergen. 



Havet sønden- osi vesten- 



Locality (North Atl. Exped.): 

 south and west of Spitzbergen. 



— Th^ 



e open sea, 



