LYCODIN^E. 



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27,8—28,4 ,, of the total length. The distance of the dorsal fin from the- snout is 

 [8,6 — 18,9 " .1 of the total length. The colour yellow-white, with many brown spots, 

 which on the tail posteriorly, adorn both the unpaired fins and the body between 

 them, but on the foremost part of the tail and on the trunk are mainly on the dorsal 

 fin, the back and the upper part of the side; a dark-brown spot above at the shoulder, 

 and a dark arched band across over the pectoral, on the skin between the rays; top 

 of the head brown, the sides and under surface whitish; a dark band from the snout 

 to the eye, a dark spot behind the eye and one on the gill-cover. The scales extend 

 from the end of the tail to, or a little beyond, the anterior end of the dorsal fin, but 

 the bellv and the under part of the trunk (in front of the anus) are naked; no scales 

 on the fins. The lateral line double, rather distinct from the flap of the gill-cover 

 down towards the anus (the ventral branch); in addition, isolated pores are present 

 along the median line (the mediolateral branch). Pyloric appendages not developed. 

 The size (of the two males to hand) ca. 130 mm. 



D. ca. 124. A. ca. no. 1'. 14 15. 



Distribution. Northern East-Greenland, ca. 160 fathoms. 



Of this new species the Kolthoff Expedition took 2 specimens {$$) off the east coast of 

 northern Greenland (72 25' XX. 17 56'WX.) on the 30th of July 1900; the depth was 300 meters, and 

 the bottom stony and sandy. 



The most important proportions of these specimens are as follows: 



The North American Lycodes Verrillii Goode & Bean (Oceanic Ichthyology, 1895, p. 309, 



Fig. 277), with which F. A. Smitt (1. c.) had identified the present form, is quite a different species, 

 as will appear from the following measurements of 2 specimens, presented to the Copenhagen Zoo- 

 logical Museum from the Smithsonian Institution. 

 L. verrillii Goode & Bean : 



The Ingolf-Expedition. II 4 



