BRAMOIDS. 
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PTERYCOMBUS BRAMA. 
Fig. 21. 
“ Silver-white , somewhat darker on the back , with the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins blackish and the pectoral 
light yellow.” Lilljeborg. 
Fig. 21. Pterycombus brama from Haramerfest. 1 / 2 natural size. After Fries and v. Wright. 
R. hr. 7; D. a 9 + (42— 44); A. 3 + (37 — 40); P. 2 + 19; 
V. V 5 ; 0. 20; L. lat. 49. 
Syn. Pterycombus Brama, Fr., Vet.-Akad. Handl. 1837, p. 15, tab. 
II; Nilss., Skand. Fn., Fislc., p. 125; Lillj., Bidr. kcinn. 
Ft. br., Ups. Univ. Festskr. 4 Nov. 1864; Esm., Forh. Skand. 
Naturf. Mode, Christ. 1868, p. 522; Coll., Vid. Selsk. Forh. 
1874, Tilbegsh., p. 47; ibid. 1879, p. 30; Lute., Spot. 
Atl., Kbhvn. Vid. Selsk. Skr., ser. 5, vol. XII, p. 501, tab. 
IV, fig. 4; Lillj., Sv., Norg. Fislcar , I, p. 291. 
Obs. We have had at our disposition only two dried specimens, 
which are in several respects incomplete. The one, the property of 
the Royal Museum and described by Fries, was brought by Captain 
Bismark in 1834 from Hammerfest in Norway, the other, somewhat 
smaller — about 301 rom. in length from the tip of the snout to 
the end of the middle caudal rays — and also from Finmark, was 
kindly lent by the Zoological Museum of Upsala University. We have 
therefore thought it best to reproduce v. Wright's careful figure of the 
former specimen, even with the imperfections that naturally affect it. 
The specimen described by Fries measured 384 
mm. from the tip of the snout to the middle rays ot 
the caudal tin, when it came into his possession, and 
the greatest depth of the body was 198 mm. The 
a Number of rays in D., A. and C. according to Lilljeborg. 
greatest thickness, measured across both opercula, was 
55 mm. Length of the head 100 mm. Orbital dia- 
meters, which are exactly alike, 42 mm. The depth 
is thus about half the length; the thickness about 2 / 7 
of the depth; the length of the head about 1 / i of the 
length of the body, and the diameter of the orbit V 9 . 
Length of the lower jaw 62 % of the length of the 
head, and somewhat over 16 % of the length of the 
body. The length of the intermaxillary and maxillary 
bones, from the tip of the snout to the upper posterior 
corner of the latter bones, measures 58 % of the length 
of the head. Interorbital region 27 % of the length ol 
the head, and the least depth of the body (the least 
depth of the tail) 24 %. For other particulars we may 
refer to the figure. 
Both jaws are furnished with small, tine, pointed 
teeth, which curve inwards and are set partly in re- 
gular and partly in irregular rows: in the mandible 
Scandinavian Fishes. 
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