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derfor i 18lJ2 de samme Individer, der iovrigt vare yderst 

 slet vedlifrelioldte, som ovenfor nævnt under Navnet LiiMris 

 (Careprodus) rehihardi. ludtil nye og autlientiske Under- 

 søgelser af Pallas' Art foreligge, vælger jeg derfor, ligesom 

 Krøyer, at betegne vor Art med den af den sidstuævute 

 Naturforsker giVne Benævnelse. der er den første, der 

 utvivlsomt vedrøre denne Art. 



Det kan i denne Forbindelse nrevnes. at Prof. Peters 

 i Pallas's Liparis gelafiuosxs, (der iovrigt er opstillet efter 

 et slet og tørret Exemplar), ser blot de senere Forfatteres 

 L. fabricri. og ban opstillede derfor alle de under Germania- 

 og Hansa-Expeditiouen ved Øst-Grønlaud i 1870 og 71 ind- 

 samlede Individer under denne PaUas's Art. under hvilken 

 som Synonym opføres baade L. tunicains. Reiub.. og L. 

 fahric/i. Kr. (2te Deutsche Nord-Polarfahrt. II, Saiigeth. 

 und Fische. p. 171 ). 



Blandt de atlantiske Ijijiarider kommer idetbele Slægten 

 Careprocfns vistnok nærmest denne saakaldte Lipfiris fahridi, 

 der synes at have tilfælles med Careproifits det høje og 

 stumpe Hoved, og -den i Størrelse noget reducerede Suge- 

 skive. L. fabricri. der maaske blot vil vise sig at udgjøre 

 ITngformen af de senere Forfatteres L. tunicah(S, er imid- 

 lertid fuldstændig adskilt ved sin forholdsvis korte og plumpe 

 Form, og fremfor alt ved Stillingen nf Anus. der hos denne 

 Art ikke afviger va>sentlig fra det typiske hos Slægten 

 Liparis. (Denne Art erholdtes ikke under Nordhavs- 

 Expeditionen). 



Bemærkninger til Beskrivelsen. Arten er af Krøyer 

 (Naturh. Tidsskr. 3 fiække. 1 B. 18U2) udførligt bleveu 

 beskrevet, saaledes at der nedenfor lilot meddeles et 

 Par supplerende Bemærkninger. Det characteristiske for 

 denne mærkelige Form er Sugeskiven, der er saa overor- 

 dentlig rechiceret i Størrelse, at den kun Idiver. ubetydeligt 

 større, end Øjendia meteren. Den er fremdeles saa lan'gt 

 fremrykket, at den har sit Leje lige mellem Pectoralernes 

 forreste Ende, og næsten skjult af disses Straaler, 



Umiddelbart bagenfor Sugeskiven, i neppe over en Øjen- 

 diameters Afstaud fra denne, ligger Analaabningen. der er 

 fjernet omtrent ligesaa langt fra Aualtiuuen, som fra Snu- 

 despidsen. Denne abnorme Stilling bar selvfølgelig ogsaa sin 

 Indilydelse paa Anordningen af Indvoldeues Leje og deres Form. 

 . Halen er særdeles laug og tynd. Ved Sammenligning 

 af alle Nordhavs-Expeditiouens 3 Individer, hvis Størrelse 

 ligger mellem 56 og 79'""', fremgaar det, at Halepartiet til- 

 tager stærkere under Legemets fremadskrideude Væxt, end 

 de øvrige Legemsdele. Saaledes indeholdes Hovedlængden 

 hos det miudste Individ ikke fuldt 4 Gauge, hos det stør- 

 ste næsten 5 Gange i Totalkengden, Legemshøjden hos det 

 mindste noget over 4^^ Gauge, hos det største over 6 

 Gange i Totallængden, 



Øjnene ere forholdsvis store, og indeholdes knapt 4 

 Gange i Hovedets Længde. Blot 1 Par Kæsebor kan sees 

 paa de foreliggende Exemplarer; disse ere ikke forsynede 

 med Tuber. 



apparently with good reason, to question their identity, and 

 hence be classed, as previously stated, in 1862, the same 

 specimens (in a bad state) under the name of Liparis (Car- 

 eprodus) reinhardi. Till new individuals of Pallas's species 

 shall have been procured and carefully examined, I prefer, with 

 Kroyer, to designate the species in question by the ajjpel- 

 latiou that naturalist suggests, — the first unquestionably 

 referring to this species. 



In connexion with tins subject it may not be out of 

 place to remark that Professor Peters regards Pallas's 

 Liparis gelatinosus (which was established from a dried and 

 defective specimen) as identical with the L. fabr,icii of 

 later authors, aud be has therefore referred all of the in- 

 dividuals collected ou the "Germauia" and "Hansa" Expe- 

 ditions off the east coast of Greenland to that species, 

 including both L. funicatiis. Reinb. and L. fabricii, Kr. as 

 synonyms (Zweite Deutsclie Nord-Polarfahrt, II, p. 171). 



Of the Atlantic Lijjarides. the genus Careprodus 

 resembles on the whole the so-called Liparis faliricii, having 

 in common with that species the head deep and obtuse and 

 the ventral disk somewhat reduced in. size. But L. fabricii, 

 which possibly will prove to be merely the immature form 

 of the L. tunicatus of subsequent authors, is nevertheless 

 perfectly distinct, as seen by its comi)aratively short and 

 clumsy body, more especially liowever by the position of 

 the anus, which iu tliis species deviates but little from 

 that typically characteristic of the genus Liparis. (No 

 sjiecimen of this species was taken ou the Expedition). 



Descriptive Observations. — Of this species, a detailed 

 description has been furnisiied by Kroyer (Naturh. Tidsskr. 

 3 Række. 1 B. 1862), and hence but a few supplementary 

 observations are here subjoined. The characteristic feature 

 distinguishing this very peculiar form is the veutral disk, 

 of so reduced dimensions that its diameter scarcely exceeds 

 that of the eye. Moreover, it is placed so far in advance 

 as to give it a position between the anterior extremities 

 of the pectorals, by the rays of which it is almost hidden. 



Not more than an eye-diameter posterior to the ven- 

 tral disk is the vent, at about the same distance from the 

 anal fin as from the point of the snout. This abnormal 

 position, too. "cannot Ijut iutiuence the arrangement and 

 form of the intestines. 



Tail very long and tenuous. Ou comparing together 

 the three specimens obtained ou the North Atlantic Expe- 

 dition, of dimensions ranging from 56""" to 79'""', it was 

 manifest that, as the growth of the body progresses, the 

 caudal region develops more rapidly than do the other parts. 

 Thus, the length of the head, in the smallest example, was 

 not quite one-fourth, in the largest, nearly one-fifth of the 

 total length: tlie proportion of the depth of the body to 

 the total length, iu the smallest example, slightly exceeded 

 that of 1 to 4V2. hi the largest that of 1 to 6. 



Eyes comparatively large, rather more than one-fourth 

 of the length of the head. Only one pair of nostrils can 

 be discerned iu the specimens examined ; they are not 

 furnished with tubes. 



