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2. Gerlachea, Dollo, 1900. 

 Bull. Acwl. Hoi/. Belij. Sciences, p. 195. 



Differs from Bathydraco in that the lateral line runs near the base of the dorsal 

 fin ; a second short lateral line above base of anal. 

 Deep water off' Graham Land. 



Gerlachea australis. 



Dollo, i.e., p. 196, and lii's. \'oy. " Belijica," Poiss., p. 25, pi. ii. fig. 1 and pi. v. fig. 2 (1904). 

 Depth of body si} in the length, length of head 3|. Snout twice as long as diameter 

 of eye, which is 5 in the length of head, interorbital width 11. Maxillary not reaching 

 vertical from anterior edge of eye ; cheek fully scaled. Dorsal 47. Anal 35. 

 Pectoral ? the length of head. Caudal emarginate. 

 71 14' S., 89 14' W., 240 fathoms. 

 Total length 180 mm. 



3. Racovitzaia, Dollo, 1900. 



Bull. Aca<J. Roy. Rely. .s>wt<v...-, p. 317. 



Body with scattered groups of scales ; a single lateral line running near base of 

 dorsal fin; an incubatory pouch between pelvic fins and vent; in other characters 

 similar to Gerlachea. 



Deep water off Graham Land. 



Racovitzaia ylacialis. 

 Dollo, i.e., p. 318, and R,-*. Voy. " lielgica," 1'oiss., p. 29, pi. ii. figs. 2, 3, pi. v. fig. 3 (1904). 



Depth of body 12 in the length, length of head 3^. Diameter of eye 4 in the length 

 of head, interorbital width 25. Maxillary not reaching vertical from anterior margin 

 of eye. Dorsal 30. Anal 27. 



71 19' S., 87 37' W., 237 fathoms. 



Total lenth 82 mm. 





4. Gymnodraco, Bouleng., 1902. 



"Southern Crots" Pisces, p. 186. 



Body naked, depressed anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. Head depressed; snout 

 produced, pointed ; jaws with curved compressed teeth, close-set in a single series and 

 with large anterior canines, those of the mandible exposed in front of the snout. 

 Uperculum with a strong spine with a hooked branch ; suboperculum with a short 

 spine ; 6 branchiostegals ; gill-membranes forming a fold across isthmus. Two 

 lateral lines. 



Coasts of the Antarctic Continent. 



(ROT. soc. EDIN. TRANS., VOL. XLIX., 283.) 



