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Hekla Havn. 25.2.1892. Dredge. 1 specim. 174 mm. 

 Numbers of rays in the fins: D.72— 73; A. 49; P. 14 — 15. 



Liimpenus médius Reinhardt. 



Forsblads Fjord, at the mouth. 14—3 fms. 28. 8. 1900. 



Eel-seine. 1 specim. 



The most important measurements of this specimen are as 



follows : 



Total length 53.5 mm. 



Length of head 10 ■- 



Distance between end of snout and anus ... 22 « 



Distance of dorsal fin from end of snout ... 10.2 ■> 



Length of pectoral fin 7 » 



Largest height of the body 5.25 » 



The colour is yellowish-grey with very indistinct spots on 

 the trunk, tail and dorsal fin. 



Zoarcidæ. 

 Lycodes pallidiis Collett^). 



1878. Lycodes pallidus Collett, Forh. Vidensk. Selsk. Chria. No. 14, p. 70. 

 1880. L. pallidus Collett, The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, Fishes, 



p. 110, PI. Ill, fig. 26— 27. 

 1901. L. Vahlii forma pallida Smitt, Bih. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. Bd- 27, 



Afd. IV, No. 4, p. 24 (partim), No. 12 & 14—26. 

 1901. L. Vahlii typica Smitt, ibid., p. 2K (partim), No. 30— 39. 

 1901. L. reticulatus forma frigida Smitt, ibid., p. 29 (partim). No. 2 — 9. 



This species was caught by the Nathorst- expedition 1899 

 in Franz Joseph Fjord at a depth of 760 metres (4 specim.), 

 and at 73° 20' lat. N. 21° 20' long. W. where the depth was 

 70 metres (1 specim.). Moreover it was caught by the Kolt- 

 hoff- expedition 1900 in Mackenzie Bugt (N. of Franz Joseph 



') All the Lî /сойшсв mentioned in this treatise belong to nSvenskaVetenskaps- 

 Akademiens'i museum (Stockholm), where I have had the opportunity of 

 examining them — thanks to professor F. A. S mitt's kindness. 



