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2821. LYCODES RETICULATUS, Reinhardt. 



Head 4 ; depth about 8. D. 94 ; A. 75 ; V. 4. Body entirely scaly ; lateral 

 line faint, developed anteriorly (fide Giintber's plate), probably becoming 

 ventral; vertical fins naked. Head twice as long as high; snout long; 

 maxillary extending to behind middle of eye; distance from vent to ven- 

 trals more than length of head ; caeca 2. Brownish, with reticulated black 

 lines on the head and body, those on the body disposed in 5 groups or 

 cross bands, the 3 anterior of which emit 1 or 2 vertical streaks on the 

 dorsal fin ; dorsal dark edged. Length 14 inches. North Atlantic, from 

 Greenland south to Narragansett Bay, in 17 to 140 fathoms ; abundant also 

 in northern Europe. (Eu.) (reticnlatus, netted.) 



Lycodes reticulatus, REINHARDT, Kong. Dansk. Vid. Af h., vil, 1838, 167, Greenland ; GiJN- 

 THER, Cat., iv, 320; GILL, 1. c., 20 ; COLLET!, Nord-Havs Exp., 84; JORDAN & GILBERT, 

 Synopsis, 787, 1883 ; GOODE & BEAN, Oceanic Ichthyology, 305, 1896. 



Lycodes rossi, MALMGREN, Om Spetsbergen Fiskfauna, 516, 1864, Spitzbergen. 



Lycodes gracilis, SAKS, Christ. Vid. Selsk. Forh. 1866, Drdbak. 



2822. LYCODES PERSPICILLUM, Kroyer. 



This species is distinguished by a light body color and dark bands, also 

 2 ocellated spots on the forehead, which have suggested the specific name. 

 Still further separated from the previously known species of Lycodes by 

 the smaller number of fin rays, larger eye, etc. (Kroyer.) Greenland and 

 southward in deep water. Specimens were obtained by the Albatross from 

 Station 2491, in 45 24' 30" N. lat., 58 35' 15" W. long., at a depth of 59 

 fathoms, and from Station 2456, in 47 29' N. lat., 52 18' W. long., at a 

 depth of 86 fathoms. 



The following is the substance of Dr. Giinther's description: 



Head 4 in total length ; depth nearly 8. Head not quite twice as long 

 as high; snout long; upper maxillary extending to below middle of eye. 

 Distance of vent from ventrals nearly equal to length of head. Yellowish, 

 with 9 or 10 brownish cross bands, edged with dark brown, and broader 

 than the interspaces, the first occupying the upper parts of the head and 

 inclosing a pair of roundish, yellowish spots situated behind the level of 

 the eyes ; the second cross band is on and before the anterior dorsal rays. 



(In the figure of Goode & Bean the lateral line is represented as median, 

 which is probably not correct.) (perapicillum, eyebrow, from the spot 

 above the eye. ) 



Lycodes perspicillum, KROYER, Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl., xi, 1845, 233, Greenland ; 

 GUNTHER, Cat., iv, 320, 1862 ; GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1863, 260. 



2823. LYCODES FRIGIDUS, Collett. 



Head 4 to 4 in total length ; depth 6 (to 9, young). D. 93 to 98 (includ- 

 ing i of the caudal, 99 to 104) ; A. 80 to 85 (including i of the caudal 86 to 

 90) ; P. 20 to 21 ; V. 3. Head wide and flat. Scales with very conspicuous 

 mucous cavities below, small, covering the entire body, but not the head, 

 nor the base of the dorsal and anal fins. In the young the middle of the 

 belly, the base of the fins, and the fins themselves are usually naked. 



