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the head brown, its sides and underside whitish; a 

 dark band from the end of the snout to the eye, a 

 dark spot behind the eye and another on the gill- 

 cover. The scales stretch from the end of the tail 

 to the front part of the dorsal fin or a little past 

 this place; the belly and lower part of the side of 

 the trunk (in front of anus) are however naked; 

 no scales on the fins. The lateral line double, 

 rather distinct from the opercular flap till towards 

 anus (the ventral branch), moreover a few pores are 

 seen along the middle-line (the mediolateral branch). 

 App. pyloricæ not developed. The size (of the two 

 males before me) about 130 mm. 



R. br. 6; D. ca. 124; A. ca. 110; P. 14 — 15. 



Distribution. Northern East-Greenland, с a. 160 

 fathoms. 



The Kolthoff -expedition caught 2 specimens {S$) off the 

 East-Coast of the northern Greenland (72° 25' lat. N. 17° 56' 

 long. W.) on July 30*b 1900; the depth was 300 metres, the 

 bottom of the sea consisted of stone and sand. 



The most important measurements of these specimens are 



as follows : 



d" d 



Total-length in mm. 128.5 131.5 



Length of head « « 19 18.75 



Distance between end of snout and anus « » 36.5 36.5 



Height above anus « » 6.75 6.5 



Distance of dorsal fin from end of snout » " 24.25 24.5 



Length of pectoral » » 14.5 13.5 



Length of snout » » 6.3 6.4 



Horizontal diameter of eye » « 3.25 3.25 



The North-American Lycodes VerrilUi Goode & Bean (Oceanic 

 Ichthyology, 1895, p. 309, fig. 277i, with which F. A. Smitt (1. c.) 

 had identified the here mentioned species, is a quite different 

 species as will be seen by the measurements given below of 2 



