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Farvande. nemlig Grønland, .lan Mayen, og Beereu Eiland. 

 Men sandsynligvis er dens Udbredelse betydeligt større, end- 

 skjønt den paa Grund af sine Finners Bygning maa anta- 

 ges at have en ringe Bevægelighed, og snaledes idethele 

 at være særdeles stationær, og den optræder derfor utvivl- 

 somt ogsaa paaHavbunden overalt paa passende Localiteter 

 imellem de nævute Landsdele. 



I afvigte Host (1879) liavde jeg,' ved Prof. Smitts 

 Imødekomnien, Lejlighed til at undersøge de under ,,Gun- 

 liild-'s Expedition Sommeren 1879 udenfor Ai'endal i Norge 

 optagne Fiske, der, uden endnu at være uojere undersøgte, 

 opbevaredes i Riks-Musæum i Stockholm, . Blandt disse 

 fandtes 4 særdeles vel conserverede Exemplarer af denne 

 Art, optagne fra 3oU— 370 Favnes Dyb (under 58" N, B.); 

 det maa derfor antages, at den heller ikke vil savnes paa 

 Dybderne udenfor den øvrige Del af den norske Kyst. De 

 sidstnæ\nite Individer, hvis Totallængde varierede mellem 

 56 og 63""", afvege i ingen Henseende fra Individerne fra 

 Jan Mayen og Beeren Eiland (cfr. Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 

 188U, No. 8). 



Arten er utvivlsomt blandt Lipariderne en Dybvands- 

 forin, og kan, som ovenfor uævnt, trænge ned idetmindste 

 til mellem 6 og 7()(J Favnes Dyb, hvor den i Regelen bebor 

 det iskolde Vand, hvis Temperatur kan gaa ned til — 1 " C 

 og derunder. Flere end de Individer, der ere omtalte i 

 de ovenuævute Bemærkninger, synes ikke at være hidtil 

 erholdte. 



Fam. Blenniidae. 



Gren. LiTmpenxxs, Reinh. 



Overs. is:i-,— 36, Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Afli. (ite Del, 

 p. CX, Kbhvii. ISliT (IKl-)— 3(ii. 



Legemet særdeles langstrakt^ beklædt med smaa 

 Skjæl. Sidelinie tilstede^ men utydelig. lænder 

 altid i Kjæveme., undertiden tillige paa Vomer og 

 l^aa Palatinhenene, eller paa et enkelt af disse Ben. 

 Snuden kort. Dorsalen lang, h'gesom Analen; den 

 første dannet udelukkende af Figstraaler. Caudalen 

 distinct {undertiden ved en Membran delvis forenet 

 med Dorsalen og Analen). Ventralerne temmelig korte 

 og spinkle, siddende foran Pectoralerne. GjæUespal- 

 ten vid: Gjællehinderne ere sammenvoxede over Isth- 

 mus, uden dog at danne nogen fri Fold. Gjælle- 

 straalerne 6. Pseudohranchier tilstede, ligesom Apt- 

 'pendices pyloricae; Svømmeblære mangler. 



of the globe, viz. the coasts of Greenland, Jan Mayen, and 

 Beeren Eiland. Probably, liowever, it has a more extended 

 range of distribution, although, by reason of the structure 

 of the tins, it may be regarded as possessing but limited 

 powers of locomotion, and in consequence, on the whole, 

 as stationary in its habits; it occurs, too, no doubt at the 

 bottom of the ocean in all favourable localities between the 

 aforesaid regions. 



Last autumn (1879) Professor Smitt kindly atlbrded 

 me an apportunity of examining the fishes taken on the 

 "Gunhild" Expedition, in tlie summer of 1879, off Arendal, 

 in Norway, which, witJKjut having been specially examined, 

 were jjreserved in the Riks Museum at Stockholm, Amongst 

 the fishes obtained on that occasion were 4 good examples 

 of this species, brought up from a de})th of 350 — 370 

 fathoms (lat. 58" N.); and hence we may safely assume, 

 that it will not be found wanting in the depths off the 

 remainder of the Norwegian coast. The sjjecimens in 

 question, whose extreme length ranged between 56""" and 

 73°"". differed in no wise from the individuals obtained 

 from the shores of Jan Mayen and Beeren Eiland. 



This species is unquestionably a deep-sea form of the 

 Uiparididce. and, as stated above, can descend at least 

 600 — 700 fathoms below the surface, inliahiting as a rule 

 the frigid depths, where the temj)erature of the water can 

 be as low as, and even lower than, — 1" C. The specimens 

 mentioned here would appear to be the only examples of 

 the species as yet obtained. 



Fam. Blenniidæ. 



Gren. Lvinipenxxs, Reinh. 



Overs. 183.")— 3f), Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. AlTi. (He Del, 

 p.'CX, Kbhvu. 1S37 (183:.— Hiii. 



Body exceedingly elongated, covered with minute 

 scales. Lateral line present, but indistinct. Teeth 

 in jaios; sometimes on the vomer and the palatine 

 bones, or on one of these bones only. Snout short. 

 Dorsal, like the anal, long: the former composed 

 exclusively of spinous rays. Caudal distinct, some- 

 times united to dorsal and anal by a connective 

 membrane. Ventrals short and slender, anterior 

 to the pectorals. Gill -aperture wide, branchial 

 membranes continuous across the isthmus, icithout 

 however producing a free fold. Branchiostegous 

 rays 6. Pseudobrancidæ and pyloric appendages 

 present; swimnmig -bladder loanting. 



