85 



Diagn. Farvoi. hruiwort vied hrklgul Nakkeplet, og 

 med 5 — 8 hridgule Tverbaand, der gaa ud over Dorsalen,' 

 har/fil ogsaa ud orer Analen; hos fnldf udvoxede Indivi- 

 der ere Trerhaandene opløste i ringformige, af Bxndfarven 

 opfyJdte Pletter, der nedtil kimine være utydelige, eller ogsaa 

 indbyrdes sammenhengende. SkjæUene beklæde hele Legemet 

 indtil foran Dorsdlerne, fremdeles Dorsalen og Analen ind- 

 til henimod deres Bande; fuldt udvoxede Individer have til- 

 lige Nakken og Roden af Pedoralerne skjælbeklædt , samt 

 tildels spredte Skjæl paa Fanden. Legemets Højde indeliol- 

 des 7 — S, hos smaa Unger 9 — 10 Gange i TofaUængden. 

 Hovedet har stump Smide, og indeholdes 4']^ — 4'/, Gange i.To- 

 tallængden ; Tandrækken paa Palatinhenene kortere, end Mel- 

 lemkjævens, og naar hos gamle Individer ne^ype dennes halve 

 Længde. Overkjæven aldrig længere, end det halve Hoved. 

 Pedoralerne, der indelioldes hos yngre neppe 8 Gange, hos 

 fuldt udvoxede Hanner omtrent 9 Gange i Totallængden, ere 

 hos de første tydeligt indshaarne i Yderranden. Sidelinien 

 dobbelt, lige bag Pedoralfæstet delt i en mediolateral dg en 

 ventral Gren; hos udvoxede idgdelig. Appeyidices pyloricae 

 mangle. Størrelsen indtil 59.5""" {Hunnen), el^er 632""" 

 (Hannen), og derover. 



M. B. 6. D. + '/. C. 102—118: A. + '/, C. 

 P. 20—23: V. 4. 



-102: 



Localit. fra Nordh. Exped. Bankerne udi-ntor Lo- 

 foten i Nortre; Nordvestkysteu af Spitsl)ergen. 



Bemærkninger til Synonymien. Spørgsmaalet om, 

 under hvilken af de hidtil bekjendte L}'coder de 4 under 

 Nordhavs -Expeditionen erholdte Individer, hvilke i mine 

 foreløbige Beretninger have været omtalte under Navnet 

 L. vahlii, Reinh., burde henføres, har ikke været løst uden 

 efter nogen Tvivl. Allerede i disse Beretninger har jeg 

 paavist, at de i alle væsentlige Henseender gaa ind under 

 Reinhardts Beskrivelse af L. vahlii, og jeg troede derfor 

 at burde henføre dem under denne Ai-t, skjønt Original- 

 Exemplarerne i det zoologiske Musæura i Kjobeuhavn og 

 Berlin, hvilke jeg ved Dr. Liitkens og. Prof. Peters' Imøde- 

 kommenhed har liavt Lejlighed til at underkaste en (omend 

 flygtig) Undersøgelse, frembød visse iøjnefaldeude Uligheder; 

 dog vare intet af disse Exemplarer af det samme Alders- 

 trin, som Nordhavs-Expeditionens, ligesom de vare idethele 



Diagnosis. — Colour brownish-black, with a uhitish 

 yelloiv patch on the nape and 5 — 8 transverse bands of the 

 same colour across fJte dorscds, and, posteriorly, across the 

 anal; in full-grown individuals-, the bands are broken tip 

 into annul ar spots, filed with the ground colour; below, 

 sometimes indistind or contiguous. The scales cover the 

 body to the region in front of the dorsals, also the dorsals 

 and the anal, nearly to their margins ; adults have the nape 

 and the base of the pedorals scaled, and somdimes isolated 

 scales on tJie forehead. The height of the body is to the 

 total length as 1 to 7 — 8; in very yoting individuals, as 1 

 to 9 — 10. Snout obtuse, length of head to toted lenr/fJi. as 1 

 to 4'j, — 4'!,; the dental series on the palatine bones are 

 shorter titan those on the intermaxillarics, and, in old indiv- 

 iduals, scarcely attain half the length of the latter. The 

 tipper jaw never longer than half of the head. The pec- 

 torals, in young examples scarcely '/,, in ftdl-groivn males 

 abotit 'I;, of the total length, are in the former disfhutly 

 notched along their outer margin. Lateral line double, 

 being divided immediately posterior to the origin of the pec- 

 torals into a medio-luteral and a ventral branch; indistind 

 inftdl-grotmi specimens. Pyloric appendages tvanting. Length 

 reaching 595"'"' (female) or 622""" (male), and above. 



M. B. 6. D. + 7, C. 102—118; A. + '/, C'. 88—102; 

 p. 20—23; Y. 4. 



Locality (North Atrl. Exped.): — The banks off 

 Lofoten, in Norway. The north-west coast of Spitzbergen. 



Remarks on the Synonymy. — The question, as to 

 which of the species of Lycodes hitherto known the 4 in- 

 dividuals ,takeu on the North Atlantic Expedition, which, 

 in my previous, preliminary reports, are mentioned under 

 the name L. vahlii, should be referred, has proved somewhat 

 difhcult to decide. Li the said reports I have shown 

 that, in all essential particulars, they agree with Reinhardt's 

 description of L. vahlii; and hence I deemed they might 

 be correctly referred to that species, notwithstanding the 

 original specimens in the zoological museums of Copenha- 

 gen and Berlin, which Dr. Hitken and Professor Peters 

 kindly afforded me an oj)portunity of examining, wåth regard 

 to certain features, exhibited a striking dissimilarity ; none 

 of these specimens, however, w^ere in the same, stage of 

 growth as those taken on the Expedition; their state of 



