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spoudere uærmest med Palatiubeiienes. I den yderste Række 

 ere de rettede skjævt udåd. eller ligge tildels næsten hori- 

 sontalt. Paa Palatinl>enene tindes paa hver Side 9 — 11 

 Tænder samlede i en enkelt, eller undertiden i en dobbelt 

 Eække. Endelig lindes en Samling Tænder (af samme Stør- 

 relse, som de øvrige) paa Vomer. 



Hos yngre Individer ere Tænderne uoget færre, og 

 Rækkerne fortil blive først efterhaahden fuldtallige. 



Kjæverne ere, som hos alle Lycoder. dækkede af en 

 tyk, fedtholdig Hud. der paa Underkjæven danner en ned- 

 hængeude, noget atlang Flig. 



Anus ligger i en Afstand fra Snudespidsen, der in- 

 deholdes omtrent 2';^ Gauge i Totallængden. 



Til Sammenligning vedføjes endel Forholde, der kunne 

 udledes af de 5 foreliggende større Individer fra Finmar- 

 ken, hvoraf 2 opbevares i tørret Tilstand, 1 som Skeiet. 



Orarierne og Testes ere enkelte. Af Expeditiouens In- 

 divider var det ene (hvis Tøtallængde var 265""") en ung 

 Han. med endnu ikke fuldt udviklede Testes, det noget 

 større Individ (Totallængde 295'""') en Hun. med fuldmodne 

 Æg i det eneste Ovarium. Disse Æg " vare forholdsvis 

 store, nejipe over 300 i Antal, alle jevnt udviklede ; desu- 

 den fandtes et mindre Antal. der . tilsyneladende iklve vikle 

 have udviklet sig. (Dvariet var enkelt. 



Af de store Exemplarev fra Finmarken er det ene, 

 der har været tørret, en Hun. idet der endnu vedhænger 

 Dele af Ovariet med (ufuldbaarne) Æg. Dette viser, at 

 Hunnen saaledes kan opnaa en lignende betydelig Størrelse, 

 som Hannen. Af de øvrige vare de 2 velbevarede Indi- 

 vider Hanner, med udviklede Testes. Den venstre af disse 

 var saa kort, at den næsten kan kaldes rudimentær (^14 — 

 17'"'"), den hojre lang (70'»'»). 



Ap2)endices pyloricae mangle. 



dibular teeth cori'espond rather with those on ■ the palatine 

 bones. In the exterior series they incline obliquely out- 

 wards, or are some of them almost horizontal. The palatine 

 bones are furnished on each side with 9 — 11 teeth in a 

 single, sometimes a double row. Finally, a patch of teeth 

 occurs on the vomer. 



Young individuals have somewhat fewer teeth, and 

 the full number of the anterior series is attained gradually. 



As in all the Lycodes. the jaws are protected by a 

 thick adipous skin, depending from the mandible in the 

 form of an oval lapjjet. 



The distance from the vent to the point of the snout 

 is to the total length about as 1 to 27j. 



The Total Length contains 



Length of the head . . 

 Depth of the body . . 

 Distance of snout from 



dorsal 



Body (from snout to 



vent) 



Tail (from vent to tip 



of tail) 



For comparison are subjoined a few proportions 

 djeduced from .measurements of the 5 large Finmark spec- 

 imens. 2 dried, and 1 a skeleton. 



The Total Length cout. 



A. 



(Skel). 



Total L. 



575"'" 



4.56 



1.59 



B. Male, 



Total L. 

 582""'" 



4.37 

 7.27 



2.57 



C. Fem. iD. Male, 

 (dried). 

 Total L. ! Total L. 



595 



61 (J" 



4.64 



9 



2.33 



1.70 



4.26 

 7.26 



2.52 



1.62 



E. 



(dried). 



Total L. 



622'"'" 



4.52 



9 



2.48 



1.65 



1.60 



testes single. Of the two largest in- 

 on the Expedition, one (total length 

 e. with the testes not fuUy devel- 



Length of the head 

 Depth of the body 

 Body (from snout 



to vent) 2.61 



Tail (from vent to 



tip of tail) . . . 



Ovaries and 

 dividuals obtained 

 265""") was a young mal 

 oped, the other, of somewhat larger size (total length 295 ""*"), 

 a female, with mature ova in the single ovary. These 

 ova, hardly- more than 300 in number, were comparatively 

 large, all of them uniformly developed, exclusive of which 

 was a smaller numl)er that in all probability would not 

 have arrived at maturity. The ovary was single. 



Of the large specimens from Finmark, one. which had 

 been dried, was a female, portions of the ovary, with (im- 

 mature) ova, being still attached to the abdomen. This 

 shows that females can attain as large a size as males; of 

 the remaining examples, the 2 well preserved .specimens 

 were males, with well developed testes. That on the left 

 side is so short as to be almost rudimentary (14 — 17'"'"). 

 that on the right is long (70»'"'). 



No pyloric appendages. 



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