232 Fishes of 1907 Cruise 



C. microps occurs on muddy, sandy, gravelly, and stony ground, at 

 depths of from about 100 to 680 fathoms. It appears to be a distinctly 

 cold-water species, the highest temperature record being 7'7° C. 

 (Albatross), and the lowest — - 21° C. (Collett, 1905). On the eastern 

 side of the Atlantic it ranges as far north as the open sea south and 

 west of Spitzbergen, up to 80° N. (Collett, 1880), and as far south as 

 the cold area of the Faeroe Channel, where it has been taken by the 

 Knight Errant in 307 to 608 fathoms (Gtinther, 1887), and by the Silver 

 Belle. It was not found by the Michael Sars in hauls south-west of 

 Faeroe and north-west of the Hebrides, where the bottom temperature 

 was about 8° C. (Collett, 1905), and has never occurred in the area 

 west of Ireland fished by the Helga. 



On the American side of the Atlantic the recorded range of 

 C microps extends as far north as Davis Strait (Lutken, 1895) and as 

 far south as 31° N. (Goode and Bean, 1895), the recorded temperatures 

 varying from 7-7° C. to 3 - 2° C. ; the former temperature is consider- 

 ably higher than any at which the species is known to occur in the 

 Eastern Atlantic, where, however, it has been taken at 5*8° C. between 

 Iceland and Greenland. 



Liparis Rheinhardti (Kroyer). 



Station 10. 60° 3' N., 6° 24' W. 496 fathoms. Gravel, sand, mud, 

 shells, and stones. Bottom temperature, — 0T° C. Three — 62, 55, and 

 52 millimetres long. 



When newly captured these fish were (teste Mr. Opie) pink in 

 colour, with shiny bluish-white abdomens. 



CALLIONYMIDiE. 



Callionymus, sp. 

 Station 23. 58° 49' N., 6° 35' W. 72 fathoms. Shells and sand. 

 One very small specimen, 21 millimetres long. 



Lycodes endipleurostictus (Jensen). 

 Station 10. 60° 3' N., 6° 24' W. 496 fathoms. Gravel, sand, mud, 

 shells, and stones. Bottom temperature, — 0"1°C. One, 115 milli- 

 metres lone - . 



