76 Sigurd Johnsen. 
The records are between April 22 and October 2, mostly from 
June —August when the spawning seems to take place in shallow 
water. As no specimens are known from the winter the species 
then probably lives at greater depths evading the fishing gear 
generally used. 
Callionymus maculatus (Rai.). During dredging opera- 
tions in the *skjaer-gaard” (Skerry Fence) and the outer fjords 
between the Hardangerfjord and Nordfjord not a few specimens 
have been collected, mostly halfgrown individuals. Specimens are 
known from the whole year and there seems to be no diiference 
in the bathymetrical distribution. The species may attain its 
maximum of length in our waters as two specimens caught * 11 
13 at Fjærland, Sogn measured 142 mm. (male) and 100 mm. 
(female) total length. 
Lumpenus lampretaeformis (Walb.). The specimens from 
the Norwegian area belonging to the Bg. M. are enumerated on 
page 33. The localities are between Stavanger and the Varanger- 
fjord. In its distribution this species has a southern maximum 
in the western part of the Baltic (OTTERSTRØM 1906 & 1912), a 
stationary but scarce occurrence along our coast and another 
maximum in Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions. As the spawning in 
the Baltic takes place in Dec.—Jan. this southern occurrence pro- 
bably is a relict from the Glacial epoch. The statement of COL- 
LETT (1902 p. 98) that young specimens of a total length of abt. 
50 mm. frequently have been taken in the littoral region where 
dredgings have been made along our coast, must have arisen 
from some mistake. All the specimens in the Bg. M. are from 
the soft bottom, though the littoral region has been especially 
well investigated. OTTERSTRØM (1906) likewise states that for 
the transformation of the pelagic stages in bottom stages soft 
bottom at abt. 20 fathoms depth is required. Under Arctic and 
Sub-Arctic conditions, however, it seems that the species occur 
from the littoral zone and downwards to abt. 200 metres. 
Lumpenus maculatus (Fries). This species seems to be. 
scarcer still than the preceding one along our coast as will 
be seen from the material enumerated on p. 33. The only rich 
catch, 7 specimens taken at Aalesund °*’/;—06 from 40 metres, is 
