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(b) At the Fseroes it spawns only in very small quantities. 



(c) At Iceland neither eggs, larvée, young fish nor older specimens have been found. 



9. Gadus luscus. Willoughby 



(see Chart fig. i6) 



I. Atlantic Ocean 

 This species spawns in great quantity in the coastal waters in quite shallow water 

 (depths under 50 M.), from Spain upwards, in the Bay of Biscay as far as Brittany and 

 in the English Channel, at least in its western part. It spawns also perhaps to the south 

 of North Spain as it is here quite common. 



On the west coast of Great Britain the species spawns at Scotland and Ireland, to 

 an increasing extent from north to south. The spawning time is chiefly in the spring 

 months. 



II. North Sea 



No spawning in the spring months has been determined for the Northern North Sea, 

 except that a single spawning specimen was found by Scottish observers in February on 

 the east coast of Scotland. In the Southern North Sea at the entrance to the Channel 

 there is a considerable spawning in February. 



It spawns in summer though only in small quantity in the southernmost part of the 

 North Sea. 



In the northern, central parts of the North Sea no spawning could be found to take 

 place and just as little in the Skager Rak. 



III. Norwegian Sea 

 No stage whatsoever of this species has be found in the Norwegian Sea, at Iceland 

 or at the Faeroes. 



10. Qadus poutassou, Risso 



(see Chart fig, 17) 



I. Atlantic Ocean 



This species spawns in the neighbourhood of or beyond the locxD M. line; it is 

 found spawning along the whole Atlantic deep-sea margin, wherever investigations have 

 been made, from S. Sebastian along the Bay of Biscay, west of Ireland, Scotland, the 

 Fœroes and on the south coast of Iceland. 



On the other hand, it does not appear on the north or east coast of Iceland. 



To the south its spawning places certainly extend much further than the region 

 investigated, as the species is widely distributed, e. g. in the Mediterranean. 



Whilst the quite young stages were only found on these spawning places, the older 

 stages over 50 mm. in length were taken on the coastal banks far into the Bay of 

 Biscay, at Iceland and at the Faeroes. 



II. North Sea and III. Norwegian Sea 

 Although the species occurs in the North Sea, in the Skager Rak and its fjords as 

 also on the whole Norwegian coast of the Norwegian Sea as far almost as Hammerfest, 

 we possess no certain observations regarding its spawning or its early pelagic stages. 

 The older stages, the young fish, have however been taken in the Norwegian Sea, in 

 the North Sea and on the English coasts. 



