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97 



St. 117 



- I2 5 



- 102 



- 104 



- 105 



South from Jan Mayen. . 



North from Iceland 729 



East from Iceland 750 



957 



/62 



1003 fathoms 



139. North from Faeroes 



702 



Lycodonits flagellicauda is thus widely distributed over the deeper parts of the cold area , 

 from Spitzbergen down to Iceland and the Faeroe Channel. 



Lycodonus ophidium Jensen. 

 1898. Lycodcs murcena Eutken, The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, II, 1, p. 20 (partim). 

 1901. Lycenchelys opludiiini Jensen, Yideusk. Medd Naturh. Foreu. Kbhvn., p. 212. 



The single specimen present, a young individual of 118 111111., stands very near 

 to Lycodonus flagellicauda, but in proportion to the total length, the length of the 

 head is 12 " ,,, the distance between the snout and the anus 21,6 " ,, and the distance 

 of the dorsal fin from the snout 15,3 "/„. P. 15. 



Distribution. North Atlantic Ocean S. from Iceland, 1089 fathoms. 



As there is but a single and young specimen to hand, only the above preliminary characteri- 

 sation of the species can be given. 



This specimen has in the main the same characteristic appearance as the young L. flagelli- 

 cauda and is hardly to be distinguished from these 011 superficial observation. But the measurements 

 show that the head is shorter, that the anus lies further forward and that the dorsal fin begins nearer 

 the head. These features will appear on comparison with three L. flagellicauda of similar length: 



In percentage of the total length: 

 Length of the head . 



Distance from snout to anus 



Distance of dorsal fin from the snout. 



The specimen was taken by the Ingolf Expedition of 1896 in the North Atlantic S. from Ice- 

 land (St. 65), where the depth was 1089 fathoms and bottom-temperature \ 3° C. In Liitkens report 

 on the ichthyological results of the expedition it is referred to /.. murcena Cull. 



■i From Collett's measurements of a specimen from the North-Atlantic Expedition; tin- two othei 

 from the Ingolf Expedition. 



The Ingfolf-Expedition. II 



