70 Sigurd Johnsen. 
market. The species is perhaps stationary along our coast. 
Hitherto only fullgrown specimens — or nearly so — are known, 
among which females with ripe as well as spent ovaries. (Cir. 
NORDGAARD 1917). No young fishes are as yet captured but as 
long as such are unknown even in southern waters this fact does 
not afford nuch evidence. 
Paraliparis bathybii (Coll.). ‘“‘“Armauer Hansen” stat. 3 
10-11/5 1914. N. 62° 1’, E. 0°8'. Net 1000 m. wire, I specetous 
length 253 mm. On this station the following appliances were 
towed simultaneously on the same wire: Net 200 m. w., young- 
fish trawl 500 m. w., net 1000 m. w., net 1500 m. w. and . 
young-fish trawl 2000 m. wire. The exact depth to bottom not | 
known but may be estimated at about 1400 metres, taking the 
medium depth of the two nearest hydrographical stations, one 
farther out at sea and one nearer land. The lowermost appliance 
2000 m. w. had struck bottom. This specimen of P. bathybii is 
thus taken at intermediate depths not deeper than 670 metres. 
The temperatures (as read) were + 0.14° C. in 500 m., ~ 0.36° 
C. in 600 m. The fish was alive when I got it onboard. Though 
this species has been depicted several times (COLLETT 1880, 1905 b, 
JENSEN 1905, HJORT 1912) I have on the plate (fig. 1) given an 
illustration of my specimen. It seems that the previous illustra- 
tions have been based upon specimens in poor condition, some 
evidently being mutilated, others discoloured from being kept in 
alcohol for years. It is not probable that the coloration varies 
from black to quite light brown. When fresh the colour of my 
specimen was a deep brownish-black, the head, pectoral fins and 
the body before the anus more bluish black, the sides of the body 
with a gloss of violet. In alcohol the brown-black colour soon 
became of a lighter shade, the blue-black of the head etc. keeps 
better. The skin is very soft and envelopes the body as a loose, 
somewhat jellied coat. The vertical fins are partly imbedded in 
the skin, free rays being only discernible in the hinder part of 
the fins. The pectoral fin is plate-shaped, no rays are visible; 
the ventral-like part of this fin consists of three elongated lobes 
of varying length, on the left side increasing in length from inwards, 
on the right side the middle one being the longest. 
Food. The ventricle was quite filled with Parathemisto 
