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L. rossi Malmgr. is also closely related to the here men- 

 tioned variety, but it has a smaller head (the length of which 

 amounts to 22.4 — 25.3 % of the total length), and comparatively 

 small eyes (their horizontal diameter amounts to 3.6 — 4 % of 

 the total-length); moreover it has on the average fewer rays in 

 the pectoral fins viz. (17) 18— 19(20) M. 



Lycodes seminudus Reinhardt. 



1838. Lycodes seminudiis Reinhardt, Kgl. D. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. VII, p. 223. 

 1880. L. semimidus CoWqH, The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition, Fishes, 



p. 113, PI. IV, Fig. 28. 

 1901. L. reticulatus forma seminuda Smitt, Bib. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 



Bd. 27, Afd. IV, No. 4, p. 31 (partim), No. 14— 15, 17— 18 & 20— 22. 



The bodyzoarciform. Of the total-length the 

 height above anus amounts to 9 — 10. 6 "/o, the 

 length of the head to 25 — 28. 5 ''/o, the horizontal 

 diameter of the eye to 5.3 — 3 ^/o, the distance be- 

 tween the end of the sno u tand anus to 44. 6 — 50. 6" /o, 

 the length of the pectoral fins to 9.6 — 11 "/o. The 

 colour is uniform greyish-brown, or there are in- 

 distinct dark transverse bands on trunk and tail, 

 or there are distinct dark transverse bands (7 — 9), 

 and as a rule a light nuchal band. As a rule the 

 scales stretch to a point above or near anus, rarely 

 to the end of the adpressed pectoral fin. The 

 lateral line is mediolateral. App. pyloricæ 2. Size 

 up to 44 5 mm. 



R. br. 6; D. 91—97; A. 73 — 78; P. (19)20 — 22. 



One specimen was caught by the Na th or s t- expedition 

 1899, south of Shannon Ö (74° 52' lat. N. 17° 16' long. W.), 

 at a depth of 350 metres, and 2 specimens in Franz Joseph 



') Thanks to Professor Collett's kindness I have had the opportunity of 

 examining a whole series of L. rossi from Spitsbergen. 



