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As long as soundings and temperatures of the above named 
v aters are not known I do not think that any satisfactory explan- 
ation may be given, but I do suppose that the phenomenon is more 
likely due to the cold than f. inst. to sulphuretted hydrogen.” 
7. Distribution at East Greenland. 
The Zoological Museum possesses 4 specimens of Sebastes 
marinus from the south eastern part of the coast, viz: 
Off Tasiusakfjord. Floating in the ice. 26.8.1899. 91 mm. 
Off Angmagssalik. 140 fms. 18.9.1900. Trawl. ca. 190 mm. 
Sermilikfjord at Angmagssalik. 1901. ca. 200 mm. 
Angmagssalikfjord. Juli 1917. 126 mm. 
Finally a specimen taken west of Cape Dan, near the shore. 
As for the rest, the redfish turns out to be common in Ang¬ 
magssalikfjord; as by 14 line-fishings undertaken in the fiord by 
way of experiment, by order of the Colonial Direction, 135 redfish 
were caught at depths of from 90 — 125 fms. in May, June, July and 
August 1916 and 1917. 
Further north, along the east coast of Greenland Sebastes ma¬ 
rinus is unknown, nor is it likely to occur north of the district 
of Angmagssalik. At the east coast its northern limit is 
at ca. 6 6 0 N. 
8. Young at East Greenland. 
At certain times of the year, at any rate, young of 5. marinus 
occur in great numbers at Angmagssalik, and even in such quanti- 
ties that the natives have noticed these small fishes and given 
them a name of their own, which to me has been stated as “In¬ 
ternat” or “Itivdlernat” and “Iterdlarnat”. This faet has already 
been mentioned by G. Holm: 1 ) “In the same way (viz. as the 
Angmagssat (Mallotus villosus )), but, as far as I can see, only for 
playing purposes, some quite small fishes called iterdlarnat are 
treated”. Holm took home a great many of these “Iterdlarnat”; 
they are young of the redfish, ca. 22—26 mm in length, arranged 
in a long row with heads alternating upmost and downmost, drawn 
on a string and rolied up in a bundle, kept together with a string. 
The late zoologist, Søren Jensen, told me sometime, when re- 
turning with the Amdrup-Expedition from Angmagssalik, that the 
Greenlanders catch these small fishes in the place of Angmagssat 
near Angmagssalik, make them up in bundles as they do with the 
x ) Meddel, om Grønland, X, 1888, p. 82. 
