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imocl evt' Pcctoralfnies Underside. Analeii og Ventralerne 

 nøfrne. uudtageii hos Expl. a. livor ogsaa Analen var ru. 

 Paa Hov'edet gaa Beutornene. soni allerede iwvnt. .lige ud 

 paa. den Hud. der bedækker Cornea, saa at blot Partiet 

 over Lindsen og en smal Ring omkring denne lades iri. 

 La>berue ere ligeledes altid glatte, selv bos det miudste af . 

 de uuder Expeditiouen erboklte Individer, der iøvrigt 

 viser sig at være beklædt med disse Bentorue saagodtsora 

 overalt. • 



Farven. ' Farven er lividgraa. nu-d mer eller mindre 

 tydelige Pletter og brede Baand. Hos de mindre Exem- 

 ])larer ere cbsse Pletter skarpere 1)egra'ndsede. end hos de 

 større; hos Yngelen (fra Hammerfest) faudtes saaledes blot 

 et enkejt bredt, sort Baand. der steg op fra Bagranden af 

 Kjæverue gjennem Øjnene. og udfyldte den melleniste Del 

 af Hovedets Overside : et andet, noget svagere farvet Baand 

 gik over Dorsalens bagre Del tvers over Legemet ikke 

 langt fra Haleroden. 



Hos det miudste af de nye Individer («) er tilkommet 

 jjap det egentlige Legeme et bredt Baand. der gaar ud fra 

 Roden af Pectoralerne op over Begyndelsen af. Dorsalen, 

 ligesom et smalere gaar tvers over HaJerodeu; Saaledes 

 er deu typiske cottoide Tegning med de 3 brede verticale 

 Baand nedad Legenu4. som fremtræder især hos de yngre 

 Individer af et Flertal af denne Families Ai'ter. ogsaa her 

 tilstede. 



Hos de 2 største ere Baaudeue noget mere utydelige; 

 hos b er saavel Hovedets. som Legemets første Tverbaand 

 na^sten ganske forsvundet. medens disse hos det største 

 hulivid vel ere tilstede, men opblandede med Felter af 

 Bundfarveii. 



Pectoralerne og Caudalen ere marniorerede af afljrudte 



Baand. Yentralerne ere ufarvede. ligesom hele Bugsiden 



lien til Underkjævespidsen. Derimod er Underkjæven 



selv, saavelsom Snuden. . forsynet med uregelmæssige større 



■ Pletter. 



Levemaade og Føde. Denne Art har øjeusyulig. lige- 

 som de ovrige C!ottoider. sit Tilhold umiddelbart paa eller 

 ved Bunden. Den ringeste Dybd^. hvori noget af de hidtil 

 fundne Exemplarer ere erholdte, er 191 Favne, deu største 

 459 Favne. Som allerede ovenior uævnt. ere alle Pecto- 

 ralens StVaaler i Spidseii fri. og skjønt disse fri Spidser 

 ikke ere synderlig lange, tjene de dog utvivlsomt til Under-, 

 støttelse under Krybniiigen om paa Bunden. Den Tempe- 

 ratur.- som Havbunden hai' havt paa de Steder. b>or de 

 erholdtes, har vexlet mellem + o.f)<' C. og — l.Qi' C. 



Det største af de erholdte Individer var en Han. 

 hvis Testes dog vare for Tiden, lidet udviklede. Hos de 

 yngre Ind. vare Generationsorgaiierne enduu gauske utydelige. 



A-'entrikeleu af det største Individ, optaget paa 459 

 Favnes Dyb. fandtes fuldproppet af diverse Dyrelevninger. 

 hvoraf kunde kjendes folgende: Smaastykker af Eøret af 

 den mærkelige Annelide Spiochaetoptenis typims, M. Sårs, 

 (beskreven i ,.Fauna Littoralis Norvegiae". 2 H. 1-B56J. af- 



surface of the pectorals, the anal. and the ventrals aie 

 naked, except in the specimen a. which has also the anal 

 rough. On the head, the denticles, as before observed, 

 encroach on the skin covering the cornea, and thus the 

 skin iiumediately; above the lens, together with a narrow 

 annular edge round it. are the ordy parts left free i'rom 

 spiculæ. The lips are always smooth ; this is the case even 

 with the smaller specimen a. which everywhere else ap- 

 pears almost entirely covered with denticles. 



Colonr. — Whitish-grey, relieved with spots and broad, 

 riband-shaped bands, more or less distinct. In the smaller 

 examples, these spots appear more sharply defined than in 

 the larger specimens: the fry-specimen (from Hammerfest) 

 has oidy one band, liroad and black, which, stretching from 

 the jjosterior margin of the jaws through the eyes, occupies 

 the whole of the central portion of the upper surface of the 

 head; a similar band traverses the posterior division of the 

 dorsal, extending right across the body, at a short distance 

 from the base of the tail. 



In the smallest of the individuals newly obtained (a) 

 .a broad band has developed on the l)ody. extending from 

 the base of the pectorals towards the commencement of the 

 dorsal ; another and narrower band traverses the base of the 

 tail. Thus, the typical Oottoid marking, three broad vertical 

 bands down the body, a salient feature, particularly in young 

 individuals, of most species belonging to this family, is also 

 characteristic of Cotfuiicnhis mirrops. 



In the two largest examples, the bands are not so 

 distinct; in specimen h. the transverse bands traversing the 

 head and body have become much fainter; iu the largest 

 example, though obvious, they ai'e a good deal patched with 

 the ground-colour. 



The bands across the pectorals and the caudal are abruptly 

 disconnected, giving to the surface a mottled appearance. 

 Ventrals. and abdominal surface to extremity of lower jaw 

 whitish. Lower jaw and snout irregularly marked witli 

 large spots. 



Habits and Pood. — This form, in common with the 

 other species of the family CoUns. nnist have its haunts on. 

 or in close proximity to. the bottom. Of the examples 

 hitherto obtained, not one was taken at a depth less than 

 191 fathoms, the greatest depth being 459 fathoms. As 

 before observed, the extremities of the jjectoral rays are 

 tree; and those detached points, though comparatively short, 

 no doubt prove a great support to the fish when moving 

 ever the surface of the bottom. The temperature at the 

 bottom of the sea where this species was met with 

 .varied from + 3.5" 0. to — 1.0" C. 



The largest of the individuals was a male, with the 

 testicles however as yet but slightly developed. In the young 

 specimens, the generative organs were ijuite indistinct. 



The stomach of the largest individual, taken at a 



depth of 459 fathoms, was found distended with the 



remains of divers species of marine animals, of which the 



i following admitted of being determined ; — small fragments 



of the alimentai-y canal of the rema.rkable Annelid species 



