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Totallængden al' det andet Individ er 80""", Hoved- 

 længden 12""". Farven er uogenlimde vel bibeholdt paa 

 Legemets Sider, og viser omtrent 11 brede brunsorte ring- 

 formige Tverpletter, der i Midten ere lysere; dette Exem- 

 plar svarer idethele til den Form, som af Gunther (Cat. 

 Fishes Brit. Mus. vol. IV, p. 325) opføres som en distinct 

 Art under Xavu af G. pidus, men som neppe kan ansees 

 som skilt fra den typiske G. viridis, hvilket allerede Malm- 

 gi-en tidligere har paavist (Ofv. Kgl. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1864, 

 p. 514)'. Af de Kroyer-Eeinhardt'ske Varieteter gaar det 

 nærmest iud under var. y, uden dog ganske at svare til 

 denne. (Cfr. Naturh. Tidsskr. 3 R. 1 B.. p. 260. Kbhvn. 

 1861—63). 



Totallængden af det største Individ er 143""", Hoved- 

 længden 25""'; Kjæ verne naa tilbage til Bagr anden af Øjet. 

 Hovedet indeholdes 27:i Gange i Afstanden fra Snudespid- 

 sen til Anus. 



Ligesom hos Shegten Lycodes ere Dorsal- og Anal- 



straalerne leddede, samt ved Gruuden delte med et tyde- 



ligt Mellemrum, hvorimod hver Halvdel senere er sammen- 



• hængende. Straaleantallet var hos det største Individ: D. 



92; C. ?; A. 70. 



I Muuden af det sidste Individ fandtes et Exemplar 

 af Modiolaria laevigata, Gray. 



TJdbredelse. Er' maaske circumpolær, og er truffet 

 saavel i Beriugs-Strædet. som ved Rysterne af det arctiske 

 America og Europa. I størst Antal er den indsamlet ved 

 Grønlands Kyster, hvor den synes at maatte henregnes til 

 de almiudeligste Fiskearter. I Øst-Gronland blev den af 

 den engelsk-arctiske Expedition indsamlet i 1875 — 76 mod 

 Nord lige op til 81" 52' N. B. Allerede de svenske Polar- 

 Expeditioner have fundet den, men først under det sidste 

 Togt (1872) i nogen Mæugde, ved Spitsbergen, og den 

 gaar her op til de nordligste Punkter, der have været 

 undersøgte ; derimod er den endnu ikke paavist paa Ame- 

 ricas Østkyst søndenfor Groidand, eller ved det euroi)æiske 

 Continent. 



' Xæsten alle uiig^e Individer, optagno ved Spitsbergen under de 

 sidste Expeditioner (18(i4 — 72), og som opbevares i Riks-Museum i 

 Stockholm, hvor jeg i 1879 ved Prof. Smitts Velvillie havde Lejlighed 

 at iindersøge dem, tilhøre Formen pictns, idet Legemet er tegnet med 

 sadelformige Tvcrbaand; enkelte Individer ere i Midten af Legemet 

 næsteu ganske sorte, og havde blot oventil S])or af lysere Tver- 

 baand. 



Total length of the second specimen 80"'"; length of 

 the head 12'"™. The coloration is comparatively well re- 

 tained on the sides, exhibiting about 11 broad, brownish- 

 black, annular transverse spots, lighter in the middle ; this 

 specimen agrees in all essential features with the form re- 

 ferred by Giinther (Cat. Fishes Bnt. Mus. vol. IV, p. 325) 

 to a separate species, under the name of G. pidiis, but 

 which, as already shown by Malmgreu (Ofv. Kgl. Vet. Ak. 

 Forh. 1864, p. 514),' can hardly.be distinct from the typi- 

 cal G. viridis. Of the varieties established by Kroyer and 

 Reinhardt, it comes nearest to that indicated by car. y; but 

 even with this form it does not strictly agree (vide Naturh. 

 Tidsskr. 3 R. 1 B.. p. 260, Kbhvn. 1861—63). 



Total length of the largest individual 143"'"'; length 

 of the head 25""'; jaws reaching back to the posterior 

 margin of the eye; head contained twice and one-third 

 in the distance from the point of the snout to the vent. 



As in the genus Lycodes, the dorsal and anal rays 

 articulated, and distinctly cleft to the base, the halves, how- 

 ever, being from thence connate. Number of fin-rays in the 

 largest specimen: — D. 92; C. ?; A. 70. 



The last-mentioned individual liad in its' mouth an 

 example of Modiolaria lævigata, Gray. 



Distribution. — Possibly circumpolar; it has been 

 met with both in Behring's Straits and on the shores of 

 Arctic America and Europe. The greatest number of spec- 

 imens have been ■ collected on the coasts of ( ireenland, 

 where it would seem to be one of the commonest fishes. 

 Off the coast of East Greenland, it was taken on the Eng- 

 lish Ai'ctic Expedition in 1875 — 76, as far north as 8P 

 52'. The species had previously been met with on the 

 Swedish Polar Expeditious ; but not in any great abun- 

 dance till 1872. oft' the coast of Spitzbergen, its range here 

 extending to the most northerly localities ; it has not as yet 

 been observed on the eastern coast of America, south of 

 Greenland, or on the shores of the European continent. 



' Nearly all the yoimg individuals taken off the coast of Spitz- 

 bergen on the latest of the Swedish Expeditions (lS(i4 — 72), and 

 which are preserved in the Riks Museum at Stockholm,, where, in 

 1879, Ppofessor Smitt kindly permitted me to examine them, belong 

 to the form pictus, the body being marked with saddle-shaped trans- 

 verse bands ; some of the individuals, however, are almost black on 

 the middle of the body, the upper jjart only exhibiting traces of 

 transverse bands. 



