159 



Loealit. fra Nordh. Exped. StdrcL'^eii luU'iit'or 

 Aalesund (Norge); Havet vestenfor Finmarken. 



Locality (North Atl. Exped.): — TIm' Storeggen ' 

 •bank. oft' Aalesund (Norway): the open sea. west of Finmark. 



Bemærkninger til Synonymien. Spørgsmaalet om 

 denne Arts Synonymi og rette Benævnelse kan blot Icises 

 efter en omhyggelig Provelse af en Del Data. hentede fra 

 de af den lærde Præst og Naturforsker H. Strøm efter- 

 ladte Dagboger over liaus naturhistoriske Observatiouer i 

 Sondmør (paa Norges Vestkyst) i forrige Aarhuudrede, 

 hvilke Dagboger, der opbevai'cs paa Universitets-Bibliotlieket 

 i Christiania, endnu ere utrykte. 



I disse Dagbøger'. der omfatte Aarene IT.')!! — 1780, 

 og som danne Grundlaget for de naturhistoriske Capitler i 

 hans bekjendte Skrift. Sondmores Beskrivi^lse (17()2)'^, med 

 Supplement (1784)-'. tindes under Aaret 17(i(j. § 38 anført, 

 at han havde fundet i Stranden en liden Fisk af 2^^ Tom- 

 mes Længde. hvilken han derpaa nojere beskriver. Finne- 

 straalernes Antal opgiver hau , at være: D. 9; A. 1(J; P. 

 lii -16; V. 8. I denne Beskrivelse, hvori han ister om- 

 handler Hovedets Bygning, gjenkjendes uden Yanskelighed 

 den senere Manrolicus hyrvalis, (^Nilss.) 1832. 



Derna.>st tindes atter anført for Aaret 1774. § 4. at 

 han den odie Juni d. A. fangede en sjelden Fisk, der for- 

 fulgtes af de andre Smaaiiske ; ogsaa af denne giver han 

 en temmelig udførlig Beskrivelse, og opfører som dens 

 Straaleantal følgende: D. 11; A. 14; P. 11 ; V. 8. Han 

 slutter Beskrivelsen med følgende Ord: „Den er saaledes 

 Coregoiius mand/hi(h( hiferiore niajore", idet han altsaa 

 troede at have den af Artedi som No. 1 beskrevne Core- 

 gonun for sig. 



Da dette sidste Exemplar faldt levende i Strøms 

 Hænder, maa det antages at have været forholdsvis com- 

 plet, hvorfor Finnestraalernes Antal sandsynligvis er nogen- 

 lunde rigtigt angivet. Tåges endvidere i Betragtning. hvad 

 han anfører om Hovedets og Tunge- Apparatets Bygning, 

 samt Solvpuncternes Antal og Stilling, er det klart, at 

 Strøm her har havt for sig en Scopdus, forskjellig fra den 

 ovenfoi \Yx\uie • MauroUcus borealis. 



' „Annotations-Bog over ' forefaldende Mei'kv:i>rdisheil(>r i Natur- 

 Historien paa S}'ndniør" (2 Dele. 17.')(i — ITSQ). 



- ,,Physisk og Oeconomisk Beskrivelse over -Fogdei-iet Søndnior-, 

 1ste Part (Sorøe 1T()'2). 



■' Xye Saml. Kgl. D. N. Vid. Selsk. Skr., 1 B., p. lO:', (Kbhvu. 

 ITS4). . 



Remarks on the Synonymy. — This species cannot 

 be correctly designated without carefully considering cer- 

 tain data from the posthumous Diaries of the Rev. H. 

 Strøm (a scholar, naturalist, and divine) in which he has 

 recorded his observations oji natural history taken during 

 the last century in the bailiwick of Søndmør, Norway. 

 These Diaries, which are preserved in the University Li- 

 brary at Christiania, have not yet appeared in print. 



In the said Diaries,' which extend from 17.06 to 

 17S0. and whicli form the substance of the chapters devoted 

 to Natural History in Strom's descriptive work on the 

 bailiwick of Søndmør (1762),- with a Supplement (1784),^ 

 the author records (Section 38, anno 1766) his having 

 found on the beach a small tish, 2'-j-2 inches in length, of 

 wdiich he gives a description; the fin-ray formula was D. 

 9; A. Ki: P. 15—16; V. 8. From this description, in 

 which the author speciall\- dwells upon the structure of the 

 head, it is not difficult to recognise the species (afterwards 

 established) MaurolirKs hoi'eali.<<, (Nilss.) 1832. 



Farther on (;?ection 4. anno 1774), it appears tliat 

 on tiie 3rd June Strøm captured -a rare tish. " which other 

 fishes were in the act of pursuing. Of this specimen, in which 

 the lin-ray formula is stated to have been : D. 1 1 ; A. 14; P. 

 11; V. 8, he also furnishes a comparatively detailed descrii> 

 tion, his concluding words being as follows : — ''Hence it 

 is Coregonus mandihaJa iiiferwre majore;" for he con- 

 ceived the species before him to be identical with the Core- 

 fjoiius described by Artedi as No. I . 



Having been taken alive, this must in all pro- 

 bability have been a perfect example ; and hence the tin- 

 ray formula given by Strøm is no doubt comparatively cor- 

 rect. Assuming this to be the case, and regard being also 

 hail to t!ie other salient characters, viz. the obtuse head, 

 the large scales, the structure of the tongue, and the num- 

 ber and disposition of the argenteous spots, it is evident 

 that Strom had before liim a Scopelus, essentially distinct 

 from the above-mentioned MauroUcus borealis. 



' -'Annotations-Bog over forefaldende Merkværdigheder i Xatui'- 

 Historieu paa Syndmør" ('2 Dele. n.'iO — 1780). 



- "Physisk og økonomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Søndmør," 

 Part I (Sorøe 17ii'i). 



■' N"ye Saml. Kgl. D. N. Vid. Selsk. Skr., 1 B.. p. 10:1 (Kblivn. 

 17S4). 



