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length Tail Ovaries Remarks 
72 16 5/4 
74 16 5!/, f testes and ovaries immature. 
68 '5 X sperm ripe, spawning commenced; ovaries 
84 16 9 tiny. ' 
86 12 12 sperm evacuated; ovaries somewhat thick- 
ened, but do not contain ripe eggs. 
Ås .to the size of the individuals at various seasons we may 
shortly state as follows: 
In the Atlantic and the Davis Strait in May—June 1908: spe- 
cimens of all sizes between 8 and 72 mm are present. By far 
the greatest number of individuals are middle-sized and large, but 
none åre mature or near to maturity. 
Umanak Fjord on August 6th 1908: size of specimens caught 
by the haul with 450 m wire 25—65 mm, with 800 m wire 44 
—86 mm; sperm quite or partly evacuated in 3 specimens. 
Atlantic about October ist 1908: every size from quite small 
to 45 mm, mainly small specimens. 
Atlantic about May ist 1909: not so abundant as in 1908, 
Size 20—70 mm, mainly large specimens. 
; Davis Strait in May 1909: 30—70 mm, mainly large spec- 
Imens. 
The large number of small specimens and the total absence 
of large specimens within the time about October Ist indicate that 
the main part of the individuals breed at the end of the summer. 
The individuals hatched in the autumn are found the next spring 
aS middle-sized, partly fairly large (but immature) specimens. Ås 
2 small number of young individuals are found in the spring, we 
May conclude that the breeding period is not limited to the autumn, 
Dut that some specimens do not breed until far into the winter 
me, If pelagical investigations in deep water had been carried out 
lg August—September we would probably have found mature in- 
dividuals, but no such investigations were made, with the exception 
of the hauls in Umanak Fjord mentioned above; one of these hauls 
brought up the only 3 individuals with mature sperm found by the 
expedition. 
Å relation between the size of the individuals and the depth 
