264 "ENDEAVOUR" SCIENTIFIC RESULTS. 



blackish patches ; a series of short blackish bars on dorsal 

 and anal fins; some black spots or blotches on caudal 

 fin ; blind side whitish. 



Hob. Southern Australia, in deep water. 



Described from ten specimens, 85-198 mm. in total 

 length. 



E.3600. (Holotype) Great Australian Bight, long. 

 126 30' E., S.W. from Eucla; 100 fathoms. 



E.3587. (2) Great Australian Bight, long. 126 45$' 

 E., S.W. from Eucla; 190-320 fathoms. 



E.3560. Great Australian Bight, S. from Eucla; 

 350-450 fathoms. 



E.4293. Great Australian Bight, long. 127 8' E., 

 S. from Eucla ; 160-200 fathoms. 



E.3007. Eastern Edge, Bass Strait, from Gabo to 

 Babel Islands ; 60-100 fathoms. 



E.5508 (2) S.S.E. of Genoa Peak; 200 fathoms. 

 E.5509. (2) S.S.E. of Gabo Island; 176-200 fathoms. 



4. PELOTRETIS. 



PrJotrctis, Waite, Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst., 1910, 

 pt. ii, p, 50. 



Eyes separated by a low ridge, the upper very close 

 to the dorsal profile. No rostral hook. Nasal organ of 

 blind side almost on median line of head, and just in 

 front of origin of dorsal fin; olfactory laminae arranged 

 in pinnate form, with a long median rachis which is 

 parallel to the main axis of the body. Mouth small, 

 subsyinmetrical ; teeth small, movable, pointed, in bands 

 in the jaws of the blind side. Lower pharyngeals narrow, 

 evenly curved, in contact anteriorly, each with three 

 irregular series of conical teeth. Upper angle of gill- 

 opening just above base of pectoral fin ; gill-rakers few, 

 short. Dorsal fin commencing at level of anterior part of 

 upper eye and just behind posterior nostril of blind side ; 

 most of the rays bifid, scaly on both sides; a low scaly 

 sheath covering basal part of fin on ocular side. Anal 

 fin similar to dorsal; no spine. Pectoral fin more 

 developed on ocular side. Two pelvic fins; right with 

 7 rays, joined to the anal ; left with 5 or 6 rays. Caudal 

 fin convex; caudal peduncle short. Scales moderate, 



