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Lycodes seminudus Reinhardt 

 Tab. IX, Fig. i a, b, c, d, e & Tab. X, Fig. i a, b. Fig. i i 14 in text. 

 1S38. Lycodes seminudus Reinhardt, Kgl. D. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. VII, p. 223. 

 1878. L. seminudus Collett, Fiske fra Nordhavs-Expeditionens sidste Togt, Sommeren 1878; Forh. 



Vidensk. Selsk. Chria. 1878, No. 14, p. 67. 

 1S.S0. L.seminudus Lutken, Vidensk. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kbhvii., p. 325. 

 1880. L. reticulatus Lutken, ibid. p. 318 (partim). 



1880. L. seminudus Collett, The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, Fishes, p. 113, PI. IV, Fig. 28. 

 1895. L. reticulatus Sniitt, Skandinaviens Fiskar, II, p. 611 (partim). 



1897. L. seminudus Vanhoffen, Gronland-Expedition der Gesellschaft fiir Erdknnde zn Berlin, II, 1, p. 100. 



1898. L.Lutkenii Lhtken, The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, II, 1, p. 22 (partim). 



1 901. L. reticulatus forma semiiutda Smitt, Bih. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Bd. 27, Afd. IV, No. 4, p. 31 

 (partim), No. 14-15, 17 — 18 & 20—22. 



The height over the anus is 9 — 10,6 °/ of the total length. The length of the 

 head in males is 27 — 30 " ,,, in females 25 — 28 ",,, of the total length. The longitudi- 

 nal diameter of the eye is 5,3 — 3 ".',, of the total length. The distance between the 

 snout and the anus is 44,6 — 50,6 " ,, of the total length. The length of the pectoral is 

 9,6 — ii,S",, of the total length. The colour is a uniform gray-brown, or there are indi- 

 stinct dark cross-bands on the trunk and tail, or distinct dark cross-bands (7 — 9) 

 and as a rule a light neck-band. The scales as a rule reach forward only to a point a 

 little behind, over or a little in front of the anus (seldom to the tip of the flattened- 

 ont pectoral). Lateral line mediol a teral. Pyloric appendages 2. The size ca. 500 mm. 



D. 91-97. A. 73 — 78. P. (19)20— 22. 



Distribution. West Greenland, ca. 100 fathoms; East-Greenland, ca. 100 — 400 

 fathoms; Jan Mayen, 370 fathoms; off the Norway-Shetland Slope , 600 fathoms; 

 Spitzbergen, 260 fathoms; Kara Sea, 92 fathoms. 



Remarks on the Synonymy. 



The species I. seminudus was formed ill 1838 by l'rof. Reinhardt sen. for a Lycodes almost [' z feet long, taken 

 at Umanak in West Greenland. From L. reticulatus Reiuh. to which it stood near in several ways, it was distinguished at 

 the first glance in that the body was uniformly coloured and naked from the snout to the vertical line through the .1111 

 end of the anal fin; in his detailed description however, R. laid less weight on these characters, rightly paying attention 

 especially to other more important structural features (number of the teeth, shortness of the pectorals etc.). 



The same specimen was dealt with by Lutken in his treatise of 1SS0. L. came to the conclusion, ifter some 

 acquaintance with larger males of /.. reticulatus had l>cen gained in the interval, that there was nothing else on which a 

 specific difference between L. reticulatus and L. seminudus could be based, than the distinctly less extension of the 

 covering in the latter. This impression in my opinion was due to an erroneous division of the material which l.iitkeu had. 

 So far as I can see, namely, Nr. 18 (1. c. p. 332) of the specimens referred by Lutken to L. reticulatus belongs to the pre- 

 sent species; this individual, whose length is 365 mm., possesses certainly a weakly banded marking and a somewhat widely 

 distributed scaly covering, but in more important characters it seems to agree with L. seminudus. In all probability also. 

 the specimens Nr. 24 and Xr. 25 d. c p. 332) referred by Lutken to L. reticulatus belong to /.. seminudui : perfect certainty, 

 however, cannot be attained as they are now unfortunately prepared skeletons 1 !. 



') Lutken says of these specimens, that the colouration was not at all and the scaly covering only partly recogni- 

 sable. The moderate condition of these individuals has naturally brought it about that a failure in determination could more 

 easily take place. 



