103 



kolde Area lige frn, Spitsbergens Vestkyst, og ueil forbi 

 Finmarken indtil sondenfor Polarcirkelen. Da Trawlnettet 

 gjentagne Gange har bragt flere Individer for Lyset i det 

 samme Kast. synes de ikke at være spnrsomt fordelte, men 

 hore maaske blandt de ægte Dybvandsarter til de hyppi- 

 gere Bundfiske. 



Samtlige Individer optoges fra en betydelig Dybde, 

 260 til 1330 Favne, og alle, paa en enkelt Undtagelse 

 nær, fra det iskolde "\'and. 



20. Lycodes liitkenii, u. sp. 



Pl. III, Fig. 2.-.. 



Lycodes rcticulatus, Coll. (nee Rcinh.) Forh. A'id. Selsk. Clira. 1878, 

 No. 14, p. :>i) il87S). 



Diagn. Nærmest hesJægtet med L. r eticulatus , Reinli. 

 Farven lyst fjraaagtig, med utydelige mørke Felter nedad 

 Legemet, og hridt Nakkebaand; disse Felter ere i Dorsalen 

 næsteti sorte. Hovedet iøvrigt uplettet. Slyælleiie hehlæde lide 

 Legemet til et Punkt lige undm' Pedoralens indre Trediedél ; 

 Finnerne, Hovedet, Biigen, Nakke)i, samt Grunden langs 

 Analen og langs Begyndelsen af Dorsalen nøgen. Legemets 

 Hiijde imleholdes neppe 6'j, Gange, Hovedets Lmtgde ikke 

 fnldt 4 Gange i Totall. Sidelmien enkelt, medio-lateral. 

 Pandens Bredde indeholdes 16 Gange i Hovedets Længde. 

 Pertoralerne .særdeles store, indeholdes .5'/j Gange i Total- 

 længden. 2 yderst korte Appendices pyloricae. Størrelsen 

 (af det eneste Individ, en Hun) SyO"'"'. 



M. B. G. D. (+ 'IrC.) 94; A. ('+ '/, C.) 76; P. 23. 



Loealit. fra Nordh. Exped. Havet vestenfor Nord- 

 K'ri;eu. 



Bemærkninger til Synonymien. Forhaandenvæ- 

 rende Individ, det eneste, der foreligger, henførte jeg ved 

 den forelobige Beretning om Udbyttet af sidste Aars Togt 

 under L. retiadatus, Reinh. (Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 1878, 

 No. 14). da Individet i alle Hovedtræk, saaledes i Tandbyg- 

 ning. Straaleautal i de verticale Finner, Skjælbeklædning, 



identical with L. frigidus, the range of the species in the 

 cold area extends from the west coast of Spitzbergen 

 past Finmark to some distance south of the Arctic circle. 

 Several individuals having been frequc^itly brought up at 

 once in the trawl-net, it would not appear to be sparingly 

 distributed, and of the true deep-sea forms it possibly be- 

 longs to the commoner bottom -fishes. 



The specimens were :ill of them taken at a consider- 

 able depth, from 260 to 133<J fathoms, and. with one ex- 

 ception, all in water of a temperature below that of ice. 



20. 



Lycodes lijtkenii, n. sp. 

 PI. Ill, fig. •-'.-.. 



Lycodes reticulatus, Coll. (uec Roinli. i Forh. Vid. 

 No. 14, p. .'lil (1878). 



Selsk. Chra. 1S78. 



Diagnosis. — Nearly related to L. reticulatus, Reinli. 

 Colour a light grey, with indistinct dark patdies (almost 

 black on the dorsal) down the body, and white nuchal bands ; 

 the rest of the head uniform. The entire body scaled to a 

 point opijosite the inner third of the pectorals; the fins, head, 

 belly, nape, and basal trad along the anal and commence- 

 ment of the dorsal naked. The height of the body w con- 

 tained not quite 6' I, times, the length of the head nearly 4 

 times, in the total length. Lateral line single, medio-lateral. 

 Width of the frontal bone 'I,,-, of- the length of the head. 

 Pedorals eoxeedingly large, contained S'j.^ times in the total 

 length. Pyloric appendages two, very short. Length (of the 

 only specimen: a female) 370""". 



M. B. 6. D. (+ 7, C.) f 14; A. ('+ '/, C.) 76; P. 23. 



Locality (North Atl. Exped.) ; 



of North Spitzbergen. 



The ojien sea, west 



Remarks on the Synonymy. — The individual here 

 described, the only specimen yet obtained, I referred in 

 my preliminary report on the results of the last voyage of 

 the Expedition to L.' reticulatus, Reinh. (Forh. Vid. Selsk. 

 Chra. 1878. No. 14). agreeing as it did in all salient features, 

 viz. the dentition, the number of rays in the vertical fins, 



