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Fjord at a depth of 760 metres. 4 specimens were caught by 

 the Kg 1 th off-expedition 1900, at different places in Franz 

 Joseph Fjord, at 200 — 300 metres' depth. 



The length of these 7 specimens is 129 — 280 mm. They 

 have all distinct dark transverse bands on trunk and tail, and 

 as a rule light nuchal band. 



Lycenchelys kolthoffi n. sp. 

 Pl.XlIl, fig. 1. 



1901. Lycodes Verrillii Smitt (nee Goode & Bean), Bih. K. Sv. Vet.-Akad. 

 Handl. Bd. 27, Afd. IV, No. 4, p. 22, fig. 1—3. 



The body anguilliform. The height above anus 

 amounts to 4.9 — 5.2 ^/o of the total-length. The 

 head, the length of which amounts to 14.3 — 14.8 ^/o 

 of the total-length, is rather broad and flat, the 

 trunk approaching cylindrical, the tail is of a low 

 very lengthened form not much compressed except 

 near the end. The anterior part of the lower-jaw Is 

 situated a good way behind the end of the upper-jaw^ 

 7 cavities for the lateral line along the upper -jaw 

 and below the eye. The distance between the end 

 of the snout and anus amounts to 27.8 — 28. 4 ^/o of 

 the total-length. The distance of the dorsal fin 

 from the end of the snout amounts to 18.6 — 18.9 °/o 

 of the total-length. Colour yellowish-white with 

 many brown spots which at the posterior end of the 

 tail ornament both the vertical fins and the body 

 between them, but on the front part of the tail and 

 on the trunk proper they are chiefly found on the 

 dorsal fin, the back and the upper part of the flank; 

 a dark brown spot on the upper part of the axilla, 

 and a dark curved band across the pectoral fin on 

 the membrane between the rays; the upper side of 



