Sparus centrodontus de la Roche. 



In an earlier work by the present writer, on ocean currents 

 and the Norwegian marine fauna (D. kgl. n. vid. selsk. skr. 1914, 

 nr. 5, p. 21) will be found some information as to the occurence 

 of this species, which has of late years been not infrequently 

 encountered along the coast outside the Trondhjem Fjord. It 

 may now further be noted as occurring in the fjord itself, a 

 specimen having been laken in a salmon seine at Malvik on the 

 6 /fi 1913. This was a $ , length 42.7 cm., with fairly large 

 ovaries. Another § of the same species, measuring 46 cm. was 

 tåken on the 2i /s 1914 off Røberg. There were small eggs in 

 the ovaries; only an indeterminable mass in the stomach. In 

 tke same year, 1914, a d* 1. 41.5 cm., was tåken on a hand line 

 baited with mussels at 60 metres depth, in Frøyfjord ( 15 /s 1914). 

 On the 20 /s 1914, a ■?. 1. 45 cm., was tåken at Sauøen, Froan, 

 likewise on a line. The ovaries were empty. The species may 

 also occur in the fjord in midwinter; on the 6 /i 1915 a specimen 

 was sent in which had been nelted in Hevnefjord. Collett 

 regards it as doubtfull whether this species spawns on the coasls 

 of Norway; as, however, the linds made in 1914 include both 

 specimens with full and with empty ovaries, it would seem 

 probable that they did spawn here at any rate during the men 

 tioned year, and spawning should then, according to our obser- 

 vations, have tåken place during summer, apparently for the 

 most part in Jury. 



This species is often called by the fishermen »sølvuer«. 



Triglops pingelii Reinh. 

 As in the case of Sparus centrodontus, we can now with cer- 

 tainly record Triglops pingelii as ha ving been observed in Trond 

 hjem Fjord. I have examined a $ tåken in the fjord in Sep 

 tember 1909. Total length 12 cm., eggs in the ovaries very 

 small, rudimentary penis papilla, nothing in stomach. On the 

 18 /5 1910, a cf 1. 10. 2 cm., with well-developed testes and large 

 penis papilla, was tåken at the Trondhjem Biological Station. 

 Nothing in stomach; intestiné filled with a greenish-grey mass. 



