A Specimen of Luvarus imperialis from the 
Norwegian Coast. 
Luvarus imperialis, Rafinesque. Carat. Gen. 22, Spe. 53, Ind. Itt. Sicil. 
p. 39, No. 290, pl. i, f. 1; fide Day, F.: The Fishes of Great Britain and 
Ireland vol. I p. 121, Pl. XLII. London 1880—84. 
For lit. and syn. 1809—1895 see Goode & Bean: Oceanic Ichthyology 
p. 222. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. vol 22. Cambridge U. S. A. 1896. 
*1) 1895. Vaillant, L.: Sur un Luvarus imperialis Raf. venant des cötes du 
Finisterre. Bull. Mus. H. N. 1895 p. 238, c. fig. 
* 1900. Scharff, R. T.: A remarkable Fish (Luvarus imperialis). Irish 
Naturalist X p. 190, c. fig. [Specimen from the coast of Cork]. 
* 1900. Kolombatovic: Druge Zool. Vijesti iz Damage Spalato 1900. 
[Specimen from the Adriatic Sea]. 
* 1901. Holder, C. F.: Scientific American LXXXV p. 415, c. fig. [Speci- 
men from Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California]. 
1902. J(ordan), D. S.: Notes on Fishes. Amer. Naturalist LXXXVI p. 336. 
[Report and acceptation of Holder’s determination]. 
1902. Regan, C. T.: On the Skeleton and Systematic Position of Luvarus 
imperialis. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 7. X p. 278. 
1902. Waite, E.R.: Skeleton of Luvarus imperialis. Rec. Austr. Mus. 
IV p. 292, fig. 22. Pls. XLV—XLVI. [Specimen from Bermagui, 
New South Wales]. 
* 1903. Collenette, A.: Note on Luvarus imperialis, a very rare Fish. 
Rep. Guernsey Soc. 1903 p. 235. [Specimen from St. Martin’s 
Point, Guernsey]. . 
1903. Regan, C. T.: On the Skeleton and Systematic Position of Luvarus 
imperialis. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 7, XI p. 372 c. fig. 
* 1911. Constable, W. I.: Luvarus imperialis on the Coast of Donegal. 
| Irish Naturalist XX. 
As water of southern origin (The Gulf Stream) reaches as 
far as to the coasts of Norway, the marine fauna includes some 
species, whose real native place is the southern waters, such as 
the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Our fish fauna has recently 
been enriched by such a guest, for a specimen of Luvarus im- 
1) The works which are marked with an asterisk are unknown to me except through the 
reports in the Zoological Record. 
