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Scottish National Antarctic Expedition : " Scotia " Collection of Atlantic Fishes. 

 By R. S. Clark, M.A., B.Sc., Zoological Assistant, Scottish Oceanographical 

 Laboratory, Edinburgh. (With Five Text-figures and Map.) 



(MS. received January 14, 1913. Issued separately June 30, 1913.) 



INTRODUCTION. 



The fishes examined and discussed in the following pages were collected by Dr W. S. 

 Bruce on the Scotia between latitudes 40 N. and 36 S.* The specimens number 

 about seven hundred and fifty, and have been divided into two classes : 



Littoral Fishes (p. 380). 

 Pelagic Fishes (p. 399). 



The line of demarcation, however, is by no means clearly drawn, as several pelagic 

 forms occur in the littoral, and several littoral forms in the open sea. 



And first as to Littoral fishes. These, numbering about six hundred and fifty, 

 were, caught near the seven different points at which the Scotia touched, namely : 

 Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde Islands, Ascension, St Helena, Cape Colony, and St Paul's 

 Rocks. 79 genera are represented, comprising 116 species, none of which are new. 

 Nevertheless, the collection is of importance as considerably increasing our knowledge 

 of the geographical distribution of several of the species. As all have been previously 

 described in detail, it is not intended to enter into particulars, except in the case of the 

 St Helena fishes, where several points of special interest have been noticed. In certain 

 other cases, a few notes have been appended, dealing with divergent characteristics of 

 certain of the species. 



With regard to Pelagic fishes, the number of specimens taken is considerably fewer 

 than in the previous case, extending only to about a hundred. These are referred to 

 11 genera and 14 species. Here again, there are no new species. 



Much of the work of identification has been carried out at the British Museum, 

 where, through the courtesy of Dr Harmer, Keeper of Zoology, comparison was made 

 available with the type specimens. To Mr C. Tate Regan, my heartiest thanks are 

 due for the active assistance he has given me in the identification of many of the 

 species, to Dr Bruce for the opportunity of making these investigations, and to Mr J. R. 

 Park for help in compiling this report. 



The whole collection is deposited in the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory, 

 Edinburgh, along with the more important Antarctic collections of the Scottish National 

 Antarctic Expedition. 



* Vide chart of the route of the Xcotia, Vol. IV. 



