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the lower jaw lies a good bit behind the point of the upper. 8 large pores for the 

 lateral line along the upper jaw and under the eye. The distance be l ween the snout 

 and the anus amounts to 27,6",, of the total length. The distance of the dorsal fin 

 from the snout is 20 °„ of the total length. The colour uniformly yellow-brown. 

 Scales cover the tail and the trunk as also the unpaired fins towards their margin. 

 Lateral line double, divided into a ventral and a mediolateral branch. Pyloric 

 appendages very small. The size (of the only known specimen) 275111111. 



D. 128. A. 1 1 6. P. 1 7. 



Distribution. Davis Straits, 393 fathoms. 



The single specimen to hand of this new species, which Liitkeu had referred to /.. murcena 

 Coll., though with some hesitation, is a female with small eggs in the ovary; the most important 

 proportions are as follows: 



Total length 275 mm. 



Length of the head 34 — 



Distance from snout to anus 76 — 



Height over the anus 14 



Distance of dorsal fin from snout 55 — 



The form of the body is more elongated than in most of the species of the genus, the 

 height over the anus being 5,1 % of the total length. The greatest height of the body lies over the 

 amis; from this the height remains almost unaltered towards the head, and posteriorly decreases ven 

 slowly and evenly towards the tail. The trunk itself approximates to the cylindrical, its thickness 

 being only i 1 '^ — i 1 /, times in the height, but the tail becomes gradually more strongly compressed. 

 The anus lies far forward, its distance from the snout being 27,6",, of the total length. 



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Fig. 26 2S. Head of Lycenchelys ingoljianits, seen from above, the side ami below. X 1. 



The bead is relatively short, its length being 12,4 " ,, of the total length. It is tolerabh 

 broad, especially on the cheeks, where the breadth indeed is a little greater than the height. Si en 

 from the side, the height remains the same from the neck to near the eye, where the orbit shows a 

 little convexity; from the anterior margin of the eye the snout descend- somewhat sharply, yet so 

 that the slope forms a weak arch, and at the same time the lower surface rises up. Seen from above, 

 it is a little bent out over the cheeks, and the point of the snout is broadly rounded off. The uppet 



