the Peary Auxiliary Expedition^ 1894. 215 



situated for tlie most part in Inglefield Gulf or in the 

 neiiilibourliood of that bay, between 77° and 78° N. lat. 

 Fishes were obtained in a comparatively great number of 

 both species and individuals in no less than four of these 

 localities. 



'J'iie following- table shows the conformation of the 

 localities in question, the distribution of species, and the 

 date of capture : — 



Murchisons Sound. — Depth 4o fathoms ; bottom rocky and muddy. 

 July 29. 



Specimens. 



Icelus hamatus 'dS 



Eumicrotremus spinosus 1 



GymDelis viridis 1 



Lycodes Liitkenii I 



Gadus saida 1 



Five species 42 



Inglefield Gulf. — Depth 25 fathoms ; bottom rocky and muddy. 

 August 3. 



Specimens. 



Phobetor ventralia 3 



Icelus hamatus 61 



Centridermichthys uncinatus 6 



Triglops Pingelii 1 



Eumicrotremus spinosus 20 



Gymnelis viridis 7 



Lycodes Liitkenii 1 



Seven species 99 



Neighbourhood of Cape Faraday, — Depth 5 fathoms ; bottom sandy. 



August 7. 



Specimens. 



Liparis lineatus 13 



Gadus saida 1 



Two species 14 



Neighbourhood of Northumberland Island. — Depth 20 fathoms ; 

 bottom rocky. August 13. 



Specimens. 



Triglops Pingelii 1 



Icelus hamatus 2 



Two species 3 



1894: Preliminary Report by Axel Ohlin, Zoologist of the Expedition," 

 in ' Biologisches Centralblatt,' Bd. xv. no. 5, pp. 102-163, figs. 1 & 2, and 

 pp. 171-172. 



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