47 



særdeles sjelden, idetiuiudste paa Dybderue udenfor denue 

 Øgruppe. Endelig er den fimdet ved Finmarkens Kyster 

 saavel osteulbr Nordcap (i A'aranii'ertjordeu). som i Vest- 

 Finmarken (Lyngen); den er i Norge hidtil ikke fundet 

 søndentbr 70" N. B. 



Fam. Cyclopteridae. 



Gen. Exxm.ici'oti'enaiTS, Gill. 



Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. Philad. 1864, p. 190 (1864). 



Legemet næsten hugleformigt^ med kort Hale^ 

 og heklædt med store., conisk tilspidsede Bentuherk- 

 ler. Iste Dorsal distinct., af Bygning som 2den 

 Dorsal: de øvrige Finner, samt Sugeskiven, som hos 

 Cyclopterus. Gjællespalien særddes liden, dens 

 Højde viindre., end Øjets Diameter., beliggende højt 

 ovenfor Pectoralernes Fæste. Sidelinie tilstede. Flere 

 Eækker fine Tænder i Kjæverne. 



11. Eumicrotremus spinosus, (Midl.) 1776. 



Pl. II, Fig. 13. 



Cycloptenis spinosus, Miill. Prodr. Zdol. Dan. p. IX (1776). 

 Eumicrotremus sjjinosus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Pliilad. Se})t. 18(i4, 



p. 190 (1864). 

 Cyclopterus orliis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. vol. 3, p. I."i8 (1861). 



Diagn. Horedet stort, indeholdes 2^1-2 — 3 Gange i 

 TofaUa-iifjden. 2 Par tiibeforin/rje Næsebor. Sugesldven stor, 

 indeholdes lidt over 4 Gange i TotaUængderi. Anus ligger 

 nærmere Sngeskivmi, end Ånale)i. Be)ituberklerne have bredt 

 rundagtig Basis, ere teet chagrinerede, og danne 5 — 6 uregel- 

 mæssige Længderækker : Trakten om Anus, samt Finnerne 

 ere nøgne. Sidelinien højtliggende, har omtrent 13 Porer. 

 Haleroden lav, indeholdes blot ^/a Gange i Øjets Diameter. 

 Størrelsen indfil 160'""'- 



1 D. 6—7; 2 D. 10—12 (18): Å. 10—12; P. 23—25; 

 a 10—11. Lin. lat. 13. 



to Dr. Liitken it has also been met with ott' tlie coast oft' 

 Iceland. (In the coast of Spitzbergen it is not. perliaps, 

 very rare, at least in deep water ofl" tliat gronp of islands. 

 It occurs, too, on the coast of Finmark, both east of the 

 North Cape (in the Varanger Fjord) and in West Finmark 

 (Lyngen), but has not liitherto been met with further south 

 than 7U" N. 



Fam. Cyclopteridæ. 



Gren. EiTmicrotr'emixs, Gill. 



Proe. Ac. Nat. Sei. Philad. ls(i4, p. 190 (18(i4). 



Body almost globular, studded with large osse- 

 ous tubercles, cuneiform in shape and pointed. First 

 dorsal distinct, similar in .structure to second dorsal: 

 the other fins and tlie ventral disk as in Cyclopterus. 

 Branchial opening placed high above the base of 

 the pectorals, exceedingly narroio, its depth being less 

 than the diameter of the eye. Lateral line obvious. 

 Several series of minufe teeth in the jaios. 



11. Eumicrotremus spinosus, (Midi.) 1776. 

 PI. n, tiK. 13. 



Cyclopteiiis sitinosus, Miill. Prodr. Zool. Dau. p. IX (1776). 

 Eumicrotremus spijwsus, Gill, Proo. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. Sept. 1864, 



p. 190 (1864). 

 Cyclopterus orbis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. vol. ?>, p. 158 (1861). 



Diagnosis. — Head large, length to total length as 1 

 to 2'- 1 2 — 3; 2 pairs of tubular nostrils; ventral disk large, 

 its diameter slightly exceeding one-fouiih of the extreme length 

 of the body; vent nearer the disk tha)i the anal; the osseous 

 tubercles, disposed in 5 — 6 irregular longitudinal rows, are 

 closely granulated, and broad at the base ; the region environing 

 the i'ent and the fins is smooth; lateral line, consisting of 

 about 13 2)ores, high up the side; root of tail slender, its 

 height being two-thirds only of the diameter of the eye. Length 

 reaching 160"""- 



1 D.6—7; 2 D. 10—12 (13): A. 10—12; P. 23—25; 

 a 10—11. Lin. lat. 13. 



