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I Europa er deu af PaiT}' fimdet lige" op til 82" 40'. 

 ovenfor Spitsbergen; deu er idetbele talrigt udbredt om- 

 kriug denne Øgruppe, og er observeret stimevis at svomme. 

 om mellem Isstykkerue i Fjordene. Fra Novaja Zemlja 

 ejer Universitets-Musæet Exemplarer, indsamlede af en Sæl- 

 fanger ved Barentz-Øerne under 16^ 20'. ligesoni den af 

 Heuglin i 1871 fandtes uoget sydligere, i Matotskin Shan* ; 

 men den er bidtil ikke fundet ved Finmarkens Kyster. 

 Derimod er den særdeles talrig i det bvide Hav, og fanges 

 der i stort Antal, og bringes tiltorvs i Arcbangel. Den er 

 fremdeles (ifølge Giiutber, Gat. Fish. vol. 4, p. 337) erholdt 

 ved Island. 



Endelig er den mer eller mindre talrig ved Grønland 

 og i det arctiske America, hvor den er iagttaget under de 

 fleste Expeditioner; Exemplarer fra Baffinsbugten, der i 

 1876 ere hjembragte til Universitets-Musæet af Hvalfange- 

 ren C. Brun, ere fuldkommen overensstemmende med de 

 spitsbergenske Individer. I Americas Polai'trakter gaar 

 den ligesaa langt mod Nord. som i Europa, og er i 187(5 

 hjerabragt af den engelske Polar-Expedition fra Grinnell 

 Land. under 82" 27' N. B. 



Gren. Onos, Risso. 



Hist. Nat. de 1'Eur. Mér. tom 3, p. '214 (1820|'. 



26. Onos reinhardi, (Kr.) Mscr. 1852. 



Pl. IV, Fig. 34. 



f Motella argentata, Reinh. 1835—30, Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. 



Afh. fl Del, p. CX, Kbhvn. 1837 (1835— 3(i). 

 Motella mustda, Reinh. (ueo Lin.) Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. Math. Afh. 



7 Del, p. 115 (1838). Uden Beskr. 

 Motella reinltardti, Kr. (en ski'even Etiket i Musæet i Kbhvu., omtr. 



1852). Udeu Beskr. 

 ? Couchia argentata, Griinth. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. vol. 4, p. 363 (1862). 

 Onos reinhardii, Gill, Proo. Acad. Nat. Sei. Philad. 1863, p. 24.1 (1863). 



Uden Beskr. 

 Motella reinhardi, Coll. Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 1878, No. 14, p. 83 



(1878). 



Diagn. 3 Skjægtraade (2 red Næsehorene, 1 paa 

 Hagen). Snuden temmelig kort, har en Lætigde af omtrent 

 I'll Øjendiamder. Tænderne danne flere Eækker, livoraf en 

 enkelt har Jiøjere Tænder, end de øvrige. Hovedet indehol- 

 des 5 Oange i Totallmngden. Iste Straale ? Iste Dorsal 



• Onos, opstillet af Risso i 1826, har Prioriteten for Motella, der 

 først forekommer i 2deu Udgave af Cuviers „Régne Animal", som 

 udkom i 1829. Begge Slægter have de samme Arter som Tj-per. 



In Europe, tliis species was taken by Parry, north of 

 Spitzbergen (82" 40'); it is abundant in most localities on 

 the shores of that group of islands, and has beeu observed 

 in shoals between the fragments of ice in the fjords. The 

 Uui versify Museum (Christiania) is in })ossesion of several 

 specimens, taken ofl' the Bareutz Islands, in lat. 76"20'N. : 

 and Heuglin met with it (in 1871) a little farther south, 

 at Matotskin Sharr; but it has not as yet been observed 

 on the coast of Finmark. In the White Sea, the species 

 is exceedingly abundant, being captured there in great 

 numbers, and sent for sale to the Archaugel market. Ac- 

 cording to Giinther, it has been met with on the shores 

 of Iceland. 



Finally, it is a more or less common fish on the 

 shores of Greenland and in the Artie regions of America, 

 where it has been observed on most Expeditions. Specimens, 

 from Baffin's Bay, presented to the University Museum by 

 the master of a whaler. C. Brun, correspond in every 

 respect with the examples obtajned from the coast of Spitz- 

 bergen. In America, the range of the species extends as 

 far north as in Europe, specimens having been taken on 

 the English Polar Expedition (1876), oft' Grinnel Land, 

 in lat. 82" 27' N. 



Gren. Onos, Risso. 



Hist. Nat. de I'Em-. Mér. tom. 3, p. 214 (1826)'. 



26. Onos reinhardi, (Kr.) MS. 1852. 



Pl. IV, fig. 34. 



? Motellet argentata, Reinh. Overs. 1835—36, Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nat. 



Math. Afh. G Del, p. CX, Kbhvn. 1837 (1835—36). 

 Motella mustela, Reinh. Kgl. D. Vid. Selsk. Nath. Math. Afh. 7 Del, 



p. 115 (1838). No description. 

 Motella reinhardti, Kr. (from a manuscript label in the Zool. Mus. 



Copenh. about 1852). No description. 

 ? C'ouehia argentata, Giinth. Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. vol 4, p. 363 (1862). 

 Onos reinhardii. Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1863, p. 241 (1863). 



No description. 

 Motella reinhardi. Coll. 'Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chra. 1878, No. 14, p. 83 



(1878). 



Diagnosis. — Three barbels; 2 close to the nostrils, 

 1 on the chin. Snout rather short; its length is to the dia- 

 meter of the eye about as Tjs to 1. Teeth arranged in 

 several rows, those in one of the series being longer than the 

 rest. Length of head about one-fifth of total length. First 



' Onos, suggested by Risso in 1826, is entitled to rank before the 

 synonym Motella, applied for the first time in the 2nd Edition of 

 Cu\'ier's "Regne Animal," published in 1829. Both genera have the 

 same species as types. 



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