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large number of hauls were made with the eel hand-seine, especially at Iceland and 

 the Faeroes, and large quantities of the young bottom stages were thus obtained. Except 

 in the Danish territorial waters (Denmark, Iceland, Faeroes) we had naturally no right to 

 work with the eel drag-seine. Nevertheless, with the friendly permission of the authorities 

 we were able to make hauls with it at various places beyond the Danish waters, thus as 

 Stornoway in the Hebrides and at Valencia in South West Ireland. 



3. The determination of the material 



In this paper all the North Atlantic gadoids which occur in shallow water are included 

 with exception of the genus Onos (Motella); thus, all the Atlantic species of Gadus, all 

 the species of Molva, Merluccius and Raniceps, in all 17 species. 



These are as follows: 



I. Genus Gadus 



1. Gadus saïda Lepechin; polar cod 



2. — callarias Linné; cod 



3. — virens Linné; coalfish 



4. — pollachius Linné; pollack 



5. — ceglefinus Linné ; haddock 



6. — merlangus Linné; whiting 



7. — Esmarki Nilss. ; Norway pout 



8. — minutus O.F.Müll.; poor cod 



9. — luscus Linné; bib 



10. — Poutassou (Risso); Poutassou 



11. — (Gadiculus) argenteus Guichenot; silvery pout 



II. Genus Merluccius 



12. Merluccius vulgaris Flem.; hake 



HI. Genus Molva 



13. Molva molva (Linné); common ling 



14. — byrkelange (Walb.) (= M. abyssorum Nilss.); blue ling 



15. — elongata (Eisso); Mediterranean ling 

 IV. Genus Baniceps 



16. Baniceps raninus (Linné); lesser fork-beard 



V. Genus Brosmius 



17. Brosmius brosme (Ascan.) ; torsk 



With regard to the determination of the postlarval fry of these 17 species I may refer 

 to the descriptive papers already published by me,i where the previous literature is also 

 given. With the knowledge now in our possession there should not in general be any 



• JoHS. Schmidt , The pelagic, post-larval stages of the Atlantic species of Gadus, Part I, Bled- 

 delelser fra Kommissionen for Havundersogelser, Serie Fiskeri, Bind I, Nr. 4, 1905 (cited here as Gadus, 

 Part I). — idem: Part 11, ibidem, Bind II, Nr. 2, 1906 [Gadus, Part 11). — idem: On the pelagic, 

 post-larval stages of the Lings {Molva molva) (Walb.); ibidem. Bind II, Nr. 3, 1906 (cited here as 

 Molva, 1906). — idem: On the post-larval development of some North Atlantic Gadoids {Raniceps rani- 

 nus (Linné) and Molva elongata (Risso)), ibidem. Bind II, Nr. 8, 1907 (cited here as Raniceps raninus 

 and Molva elongata). — idem: On the post-larval development of the Hake {Merluccius vulgaris F\em.), 

 ibidem, Bind II, Nr. 7, 1907 (cited as Merluccius). — idem: On the larval and post-larval stages of 

 the Torsk {Brosmius brosme (Ascan.)); ibidem. Bind I, Nr. 8, 1905 (cited as Brosmius). 



