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for Autallet maaske i hver af Fhmenie ere et Par tlere 

 eller færre. 



Pectoralerue have hos det større Individ paa hegge 

 Sider 18. hos det miudre 19 Straaler. og ei'e forholdsvis 

 korte, især hos det større Individ, hvor de fremlagte ere 

 med sine Spidser fjernede mindst en Lindselængde fra_ 

 Lindsen; hos det miudre Exj?niplar naa de derimod frem 

 til Liudseus Bagrand. • I Totallængden indeholdes de hos 

 det yngste Individ kun lidt over 7. hos det ældre endog 

 over 10 Gange i Totallængden. De nedre Straaler ere 

 stærkt forkortede. 



Yeutralerne ere ligeledes forholdsvis kortere, end hos 

 de øvrige Arter, og synes at indeholde 2 yderst spinkle 

 Straaler. 



Skjælheklædning. Næsten hele Legemet er skjælhe- 

 klædt; Hovedet, Nakken, Bugens Midte og Finnerne ere 

 nøgne. Skjællene ere forholdsvis store, iøvrigt af Bygning, 

 som hos de øvrige Lycoder. Fortil strækker Skjælheklæd- 

 niugen sig frem mod Grunden af Pectoralerne ; Bugen er 

 derimod nøgen i Midten, men skjælbeklædt paa Siderue. 

 Finnerne ere ligeledes nøgne. men der er ingen nøgen 

 Rand langs deres Grundlinier; paa Hovedet og Nakken 

 lindes ingen Skjæl. 



Det mindi-e Exemplar er ligesaa stærkt beklædt. som 

 det større, og Skja'llene stra-kke sig her endog noget læn- 

 gere frem. eller umiddelbart til Pectoralernes Grund, lige- 

 som der Idot tindes en smal Stribe langs Bugens Midtlinie, 

 der ikke er skjælbeklædt. 



Sideliiiieii er lios de forhaandenværeude (yngre) Indi-, 

 vider vanskehg at forfolge; dog er den utvivlsomt ven- 

 tral, idet den udspringer ved Gjællespaltens øvre Ende, 

 gjør en lideu Bue over Gja'llelaagets Flig, og gaar derpaa 

 i skråa Retning, uden at have noget ret Parti, lige ned 

 mod Anus ; herfra er den paa begge de 2 Individer utyde- 

 lig, men kan dog tildels øjnes som løbeude langs Grunden 

 af Analen ud mod Halespidsen. Porerues Antal indtil 

 Anus. er omtrent 34. Af nogen mediolateral Sidelinie kan 

 ikke sees Spor. 



Farven er paa selve Legemet blegt graabrun. uden 

 Tegninger; Skja^llene ere overalt lysere, end Bundfarven, 

 der under Lupen sees at have forholdsvis store og skarpt 

 farvede Pigmentpunkter. Derimod ere Dorsalen og Analen 

 paa hvidagtig Grund forsynede med en Række sorte Fel- 

 'ter, der paa den lørstnævnte Finne ere b — 6 i Antal. 

 Det første af disse begynder umiddelbart ved Dorsalens 

 første Straaler; de øvrige ere stillede med omtrent lige 

 langt Mellemrum. som det. de selv optage. henad hele Fin- 

 nens Længde. I Lighed med. hvad der tinder Sted hos de 

 med T verba and forsy.nede Lycoder. ere de dog noget for- 

 skjellige hos begge Individer: saaledes er det sidste Felt 

 utydeligt hos det større Individ, hvorved dette faar en 

 længere hvid Halespids. eud det mindre. Analen liar et 

 enkelt, meget langt sort- eller sortagtigt Felt heniniod Spfd- 

 sen. men er forresten ensfarvet hvidasjtis. 



rately counted, and hence the true number in . each of the 

 fins may be greater or less by one or two rays. 



The pectorals in the larger individual have on both 

 sides 18, in the smaller 19 rays, and are com])aratively 

 short, more especially in the larger individual, the ti])S. 

 when the fin is spread forwards, being removed at least 

 the length of the lens from the lens; in the smaller indi- 

 vidual they reach to its posterior margin. In the youngest 

 specimen, the length of the pectorals compared to the 

 total length slightly exceeds the jiroportiou of 1 to 7 ; in 

 the older example, of 1 to 10. The inferior rays are much 

 shortened. 



The ventrals. too. are relatively- shorter than in any 

 of the other species, and would seem to the composed of 

 2 rays. 



ScaJes. — Almost the whole of the body in this species 

 scaled; the head, 'the nape, the middle of the belly, and 

 the fins naked. The scales are comparatively large, in 

 other respects of the same structure as in the other species. 

 Anteriorly, the scales extend towards the base of the pec- 

 torals : the belly, however, is naked in the middle, but scaled 

 on the sides. Fins likewise naked, but there is no naked 

 part along their basal hues; the head and nape are with- 

 out scales. ■ 



The smaller example as extensively scaled as the 

 larger, the scales reaching even somewhat farther in ad- 

 vance, or up to the base of the pectorals; indeed there is 

 only a narrow strip along the mesial line of the belly that 

 is scaleless. 



The lateral line can with difficulty be traced throughout 

 in these young individuals ; it is. however, unquestionably ven- 

 tral, commencing as it does at the upper extremity of the gill- 

 opening, and passing from thence, after a slight bend above 

 the gill- cover, straight down to the vent: here, in both 

 siiecimens, it begins to.be indistinct, but can however be 

 distinguished, taking a course along the base of the anal to 

 the extremity of the tail. Number of pores from origin 

 to vent about 34. No trace of a medio-lateral line can 

 be detected. 



Colour on the body projDer pale brownish -grey, with 

 no markings whatever. The scales are everywhere of a 

 • lighter shade than the ground-colour, which, seen through 

 a lens, appears dotted over with comparatively large and 

 sharply defined pigmentary spots. The dorsal and anal 

 ai'e. on the contrary, distinguished by a series of black 

 patches extending over a whitish ground, on the former tin 

 5 or 6 in number. The fii'st of these blackish patches 

 covers the first rays of the dorsal, the rest are ar- 

 ranged, with interspace about equal to their own breadth, 

 down the whole extent of the fin. As is the case with the 

 Lycodes that have transverse bands, they slightly dift'er, 

 however, in the two' individuals; thus, the last of the 

 patches . is indistinct in the larger specimen, giving 

 greater length to the white termination of the tail. The 

 anal has a solitary black or dusky elongated spot neal* its 

 extremity; with this exception it is uniformly whitish. 



