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There are altogether 32 specimens, and thus this species is by far 
the most abundantly represented in the collection, presumably because 
this fish attaches itself firmly by suction to objects on the bottom, and 
comes up with them in the dredge. 
The following are the dimensions of seven selected specimens, and 
the number of rays: 
The 
. Rice | Bay in |Fosheims| Stor- : St. He- 
Danny Strait |Qnd ae Peak dalen Ker Landeend lena 
mm. mm. mm. | mm. mm. | mm. mm. 
Total length...... 175 139 128 128 128 101 95 
Length of head ....) 47 36 33 31.5 32 m4 23 
Height of body above 
middle of suctorial 
CISC: ak eosiyayiaceois 35.5 30 28 26 26 20 18 
Length of eye..... 6.25 5 4.5 4 4.5 3 3 
Length of longest rays : 
in pectoral fin. ...} 35 26 25 27 4 18 19 
Rays in dorsal fin ..| 39 43 41 43 40 AL 39 
Rays in anal fin ...| 38 34 34 35 35 34 33 
Rays in caudal fin. .| 11 13 114 13 13 13 13 
The above measurements, expressed as percentages of the total 
length, are as follows: the length of the head from 93.8 to 26.9 per 
cent, the height of the body above the middle of the suctorial disc 
from 19 to 21.9 per cent, the length of the eye from 3 to 3.6 per cent, 
and the length of the longest rays in the pectoral fin from 17.8 to 2c. 
per cent. 
These figures exceed to no inconsiderable extent the limits that I 
have given on a previous occasion for L. liparis', but are within the 
values that have since been found by N. Kyipowirscu’. 
The number of rays in the dorsal fin (39—43), in the anal fin (83 -—- 
35), and in the caudal fin (11—13), keep within the limits of the numbers 
found for L. liparis. 
1 Ap. S. Jensen: The Fishes of East Greenland, p. 254. Medd. om Gronland, vol. 
XXIX, 1904. ; 
2 N. Kniwowrrsca: Zur Ichthyologie des Eismeeres, p. 44. Mémoires de |’ Acadé- 
mie Imp. des Sciences St. Pétersbourg, Sér. VIIL, Cl. Phys.-Math., vol. XVII, 
No. 5, 1907. 
