TRIASSIC FISHES FROM SPITZBERGEN 
VII 
I wish finally cordially to thank Dr. E. Wiren and Phil. Mag. L. Faxen for their 
good cooperation during the Spitzbergen expedition of 1918. I am also very much 
obliged to Dr. Wiren and my brother Pharm. Kand. A. Stensio for a small collection 
of Triassic fossils made during the summer of 1920. 
During my work on the Triassic fishes it proved to be necessary to undertake a 
closer study of the primitive fossil fishes in general and for this purpose I made special 
journeys to the following museums and institutions. 
British Museum of Natural History, London (1916); Museo Civico di Storia Naturali, 
Milan (1916); Alte Akademie, Miinchen (1916, 1919); The Geological Institute of Tubingen 
(1919); The Naturalienkabinett of Stuttgart (1919); The Geological Institute of Heidel¬ 
berg (1919); The Senckenberg Museum at Frankfurt am Main (1919); Museum fur 
Naturkunde, Berlin (1916, 1919); The Geological Institute of Greifswald (1919). In 
addition I had the great advantage to study the very fine collection of fishes from 
Muschelkalk belonging to Redacteur H. Konig of Heidelberg. 
During my investigations of these collections I have continually experienced the 
very great kindness and it is exceedingly pleasant duty for me to acknowledge here 
my very deepest gratitude. This is especially great in the case of Dr. A. S. Woodward, 
who in the most obliging way made it possible for me to go through the unique 
collections of the British Museum. I wish to thank him and Dr. F. A. Bather especially 
for all the other kindness shown to me by them. It was through them that I had an 
opportunity to become acquainted with a great deal of English scientific activity and I 
also had an opportunity of discussing with them many questions outside the region of 
pure science. Moreover, during my stay in London I had the gread privilege of being 
a guest in Dr. Bather’s family and it is impossible for me adequately to express my 
gratitude for all the kindness I experienced there. The period I spent with this family 
remains as one of my brightest and most pleasant memories. 
The originals of the text figures in this work — with a few exceptions (figs. .6, 
11, 20) for which I have to thank Dr. O. Zdansky — were drawn by Miss Aina 
Laurell, who also took a great many of the photographs for the plates. For all this 
troublesome work I wish to thank her most sincerely. I have to thank my friend 
Kand. A. Reuterskiold for much valuable help with the typewriting of the manuscript 
and in proof reading. 
The work has been translated by Mr. H. Alexander, Lecturer in English at the 
University of Upsala, to whom my best thanks are also due. 
