.. THE FISHES OF THE . IXGOLF » EXPEDITIONS. 



faither down at the inferior part of the preopercle. In the young ones they are hardly to be disting- 

 uished with the exception of two tubercles behind the eyes. There are four dark -coloured bands, 

 one over the base of the tail, one over the hind part of the dorsal fin and downwards to the anal 

 fin, a third over the foremost part of the dorsal down towards the pectorals and a fourth — especially 

 net in the younger - transversely over the front, the eyes and the cheeks. 

 The Stations of ('. microps at the Ingolf voyages were: 



Stat. I. at. x. Long.W. 



9: 64 iS' 27 cx>' 1 West of Iceland), 295 fathoms, clay, bottom temp. 5.8 C. (size 45 and 30'™). 



28: 65 14' 55 42' (West of Sukkertoppen), 420 fathoms, soft brown gray mud with main- Rhabdam- 



uiiiur, bottom temp. 3°.5 C. (45 mra ). 

 32: 66 35' 56 38' (Davis Strait, off Holsteinsborg), 318 fathoms, brown gray mud with many Rliabdam- 



iimicr, bottom temp. 3°.9 C, male and female (160 and 8o mm ). 

 35: 65 16' 55 05' (Southwest of Sukkertoppen), 362 fath., brownish mud with arenaceous foraminifera, 



bottom temp. 3'. 6 C. (52" 1 " 1 ). 

 126: 67 19' 15 52' (North of Iceland), 293 fathoms, gray brown, blue claylike mud, bottom temperature 



-f o : .j C, female (i54 ,nm ). 

 141: 63 22' 6° 58' (North of the Faroe Islands), 679 fath., gray mud, bottom tp. -h o\6 C, male (ijo mm ). 



Cottunculus torvus Goode (Thompsoni Giinther) 



was described almost contemporaneously under the name cited, by Brown Goode and Tar le ton 

 Bean 1 Report on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alex. Agassiz, Report on the fishes, 

 Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology », X, 5, 1883, p. 213) and by Alb. Giinther (Report 

 on the deep-sea fishes, the voyage of H. M. S. * Challenger , 1887, p. 61, pi. XI, fig. B). It is figured by 

 Giinther and by Leon Vaillant ( Expeditious scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman 1880 — 83, 

 I'..! -Mm, (1888), p. 361, pi. 28, fig. 3), whose figure however, as stated in the text, is defective, the artist 

 having overlooked the first part of the dorsal. The localities, from which this species is known, are 

 i) The Faroe Channel at 535 fathoms depth (size j I / 4 inches). 2) The 5 specimens of the length of 

 62 — 407 mm , fished by the American deep-sea expeditions at 464 — 723 fathoms at 33' 42' Lat. North to 

 41 32' Lat. North and at 65 55' Long. West to 76 : Long. W. 3) The French expeditions obtained 9 

 specimens (35— i46 mm ) off the Sudan coast and at the banc d'Arguiu at depths of 1 139— 1459 metres. 

 4) With the Fylla a specimen, i50 mm lang, was obtained in Davis Strait (66° 49' Lat. North, 56=28' 

 kon-. West, at a depth of 235 fathoms, sand and ooze bottom, bottom temp. 4°.4 C.) (Videusk. Meddel. 

 Era den naturh. Forening 1891, p. 29). 5) With < Ingolf finally a specimen was obtained, a female, 

 1.S4"'"', at station 83 (Denmark Strait, South west of Iceland), 62 25' Lat. North, 28° 30' Long. West, 

 depth <ji2 fathoms, temperature at the bottom 3 .5 C. 



This Cottunculus is smooth without granulations etc., light gray without designs; the head is 

 strongly provided with coniform tubercles on front, top and sides of the head, opercles etc. A specimen 

 1 tin American deep-sea expeditions has been before me for comparison; young specimens are 

 not at hand. 



