1898— 1902. No. 25.] FISHES. 9 
Aug. 30, 1901. The head of the Gaasefjord. 8 metres, small stones and 
clay with brown algae. 1 specimen, o’, 62 mm. 
Aug. 4, 1902. Gaasefjord, north of the peninsula, 10—15 fath. 1 spe- 
cimen, 29 mm. 
Thus the collection contains 14 specimens in all, the largest male 
among them being 77mm., while the largest female as usual measures rather 
more, namely 91 mm. In 6 of them, the number of fin-rays was D1. 9, 
D2. (19) 20—21, A. (14) 16, P. 18. 
The development and distribution of the dermal plates is, as usual, 
subject to great variation. The bony shields of the lateral line, for in- 
stance, generally extend almost to the base of the caudal fin, but some- 
times only to the end of the second dorsal fin or even less. The parie- 
tal protuberance always has a more or Jess distinct ledge in front. 
In a male, 61.5 mm. in length, the genital papilla is of the fol- 
lowing particulars: the base is 5 mm. long, clavate, expanding distally, 
directed a little obliquely backwards; its point is 4.5 mm. long, awl- 
shaped, and forming an angle with the base, so that its direction is 
backwards, almost parallel with the belly. 
Triglops pingelit Reiwuarpr. 
July 30, 1900. The entrance to Stordalen, Havnefjord. 1 specimen, 81mm. 
This specimen has the following number of rays: 
_D. 87 (D110, D?. 27), A. 26, P. 20. 
In specimens from West Greenland, the following number of rays 
occur in the unpaired fins: 
D. 34—36 (D1. 11418, D®. 23 —25), A.23—25. 
In specimens from East Greenland the numbers are as follows: 
D.34—37 (D1. 11—12, D®. 2326), A. 23—27. 
In two specimens from Iceland, I have found the following numbers: 
D. 31 (D1. 10, D?. 21), A. 21; 
and in three specimens from the Faroe Islands: 
D. 31—32 (D1. 10—11, D?.21), A. 20—21. 
In a fourth specimen from the Faroe Islands there were even only 
27 rays in the dorsal fins, D1.11 and D*. 16. 
Thus the number of rays in the unpaired fins becomes smaller in 
southern regions}. 
1 Triglops murrayi, described by Ginrner (Proce. Roy. Soc. Edinb. XV, 1888, 
p. 209) from the north-west of Scotland, of which the small number of rays (19) - 
in the second dorsal fin was said to be characteristic, is therefore scarcely more 
than a southern form of T. pingelii. 
