502 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



the Swedish coast of the Baltic), from the Sound up to 

 the North Cape ; said sometimes here to attain a length 

 of five feet ; colour grey above, marbled with brown 

 and black. D. 3 + 11 ; P. 23 ; Y. 1,5 ; A. 8 ; C. 8. 



58. LOIHIUS EURYPTERUS, Dub. and Kor. Bredfenad Marulk. 



Head more broad than long, tapering to snout ; pec- 

 torals large, much more broad than long ; the first ten- 

 dril on the head short, ending in a transverse soft 

 cylinder ; ventrals spread out like a fan, with six rays ; 

 length 4 in. D. 3 + 12 ; P. 27 ; V. 1,5 ; A. 11 ; C. 8. 

 Only about three specimens of this little fish have been 

 taken here, and all on the west coast of Norway. Concern- 

 ing its habits Baron v. Duben observes : " In a shell filled 

 with salt water one of these little fish lived for two days, and 

 would stand right up in the shell, or swim to and fro, often 

 on its back, rooting with its nose in the bottom." Colour 

 above speckled with grey and brown ; below white. 



Gen. SatrachuSj Schneid. 



Head broader than the body, compressed; gill. coverts 

 furnished with spines ; pectorals broad, placed on short 

 fleshy arms ; ventrals under the throat small and pointed ; 

 two dorsals, the first short, with thick spiny rays, the hinder 

 long, with soft rays. In many respects forms a transition 

 to the last. 



59. BATEACHUS BOREALIS, Nilss. Nordisk Paddfisk. 



In shape something like the last, but without the 



filaments on the head; body compressed, long, tapering 



off to the tail, smooth, covered with small round thin 



scales ; suboperculum with only one spine ; dorsal fin 



rays twenty. The length of the Swedish specimen was 



8 in. This was taken off Kullen, in the Cattegat, in 



1820. Colour dark brown ; greyish on the sides and. 



head. D. 3 + 20 ; A. 16 ; P. 21 ; V. 1,2 ; C. 13. 



It has lately been disputed whether this fish has any right 



to a place in this fauna, and some contend that the specimen 



sent in to the Li-*id Museum had been purchased of an 



