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Arts Ydre Tcau endvidere nævnes den lued sorte Felter 

 forsynede Dorsal og Anal. 



Legemet er, som hos alle de typiske Lycoder, om- 

 treut jevubøjt fra Nakken af og til forbi Anus, derfra af- 

 smalnende, og efterliaanden løbende ud i en tilspidset Hale- 

 spids; bele Halepartiet stæi-kt sammentrykt. Den største 

 Højde (ved Begyndelseu af Dorsalen) indelioldes i Total- 

 længden omtr. 9'/^ Gange; ved Begyndelseu af Analen er 

 Højden kun lidet aftaget, og indeboldes ber lidt over lU 

 Gange i Totallæugdeu. Afstauden fra Snudespidsen til 

 Anus indeboldes 2'/.) Gange, Halen I'^/io Gange i Total- 

 længden. 



Hovedet er temmelig fladtrykt, og indeboldes i Total- 

 længdeu næsten 4^2 Gange. Overkjæven uaar tilbage ben 

 under Midten af Lindsen; bos det mindre Exemplar er 

 iSuuden noget stumpere og bøjere, Overkjæven er tillige 

 noget kortere, og naar ber blot ben under Lindsens For- 

 rand. 



De skaalformige Fordybninger langs Randen a f Kj ve- 

 verne ere særdeles fremtrædende. især bos det mindste 

 Individ. Næseborene sidde temmelig nær ved Mellemkjæve- 

 randeu, ere enkelte, og bave, som bos de øvrige Arter, en 

 laug bvidagtig Tube. 



Øjnene ere foi-boldsvis mindre, end bos L. frir/idus. 

 Sammenlignes det største Individ af L. ijaUidus med et 

 ligestort (ungt) Ind. af L. frigidtis, sees Lindserne bos den 

 sidste at være omtr. dobbelt saa store, som bos den forste. 



Tænder ere tilstede i Mellemkj^verne, i Underkjæven, 

 2iaa Vomer, og paa Palatinbenene , som bos de øvrige 

 nordiske Lycoder. De ere forholdsvis stærke, stillede i 

 Mellemkjæveu fortil i 2, bagtil i 1 eller 2 Rækker; i Un- 

 derkjæven danne de fortil flere Rækker. Da Individerne 

 endnu ikke kunne antages at være fuldt udvoxede. bar An- 

 tallet af Tænderne og disses Rækker maaske endnu ikke 

 naaet sin fulde Udvikling. 



Finne)~ne. Dorsalen, der hos det større Individ tæl- 

 ler omtrent 92, bos det mindre omtrent 95 Straaler, eller, 

 sammenlagt end den halve Caudal, 98 — 101, begynder i 

 en Afstand fra Snudespidsen, der indeboldes i Totallæng- 

 deu ikke fuldt 4 Gange. 



Analen bar bos det større Individ omtrent 79, hos 

 det mindre omtrent 81 Straaler. hvilket sammen med Cau- 

 dalens nedre Halvdel udgjør 84 — 86 Straaler. Straalerne 

 ere bos de 2 undersøgte Individer vanskelige at tælle, hvor- 



that species. As a conspicuous exterior feature character- 

 ising L. pallidus, may be mentioned the black patches on 

 the dorsal and anal. 



As in the typical Lycodes, the height of the body is 

 very nearly uniform from the nape till past the vent, at 

 .which point the body gradually tapers, terminating in a 

 pointed tail; the whole of the caudal region greatly com- 

 pressed. Greatest height (at the origin of dorsal) is to the 

 total length about as 1 to 9'/ 2; at the origin of the anal 

 the height is but little diminished, equalling rather more 

 than ^/lo of the total length. The distance from the point 

 of the snout to the vent is to the total length as. 1 to 

 2Y2; the length of the bead, as 1 to l^io- 



'Head rather compressed; its length compared to the 

 total length is nearly as 1 to A^j-.. Upper jaw extending 

 backwards under t}ie middle of the lens; in the smaller 

 specimen, the snout is somewhat more obtuse, and higher, 

 the upper jaw not reaching further back than under the 

 anterior margin of the lens. 



The bowl-shaped depressions extending along the mai'- 

 gin of the jaws are very distinct in the smaller specimen. 

 Nostrils placed in close jaroximity to the margin of the 

 inter-maxillary; they are single, and furnished with a whit- 

 ish tube. 



Eyes relatively smaller than in L. frif/idtis. On com- 

 paring the largest example of L. pall/dus with a (young) 

 specimen of equal size of L. frk/idus, the lenses in the 

 latter are found to be about twice as large as in the former. 



Teeth on the intermaxillaries. in the mandible, on 

 the vomer, and on the palatine bones, as in the other, 

 northern species. They are comparatively strong, arranged 

 on the intermaxillary anteriorly in 2, jJosteriorly "in 1 or 

 2 series; in the mandible they constitute several series. 

 The individuals having none of them, it is conceived, at-, 

 tained the adult stage of development, the number alike 

 of the teeth and of their series is possibly not yet complete. 



Fins. — The dorsal which, in the larger individual, 

 is furnished with about 92, in the smaller with about 95 rays, 

 or, including half the caudal, with 98 and 101 respectively. 

 commences at a distance from the point of the snout not 

 quite equal to one-fourth of the total length. 



In the larger individual, the anal is furnished with 

 about 79; in the smaller, with about 81 rays;' or, including 

 the lower half of tlie caudal, with 84 and • 86 respectively. 

 The rays in the two specimens examined cannot he accu- 



