ii2 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Genypterus blacodes (Schneider). "Abadejo"; "Ymakara" or "Himakhara". 



Ophidium blacodes, Schneider, 1S01, in Bloch, Syst. Ichth., p. 484. 



Genypterus blacodes, Hutton and Hector, 1872, Fish. N. Zealand, pp. 48, 116, pi. viii, fig. 77; 



Perugia, 1891, Ann. Mus. Civ. stor. nat. Genova (2) x [xxx], p. 628; Berg, 1895, Anal. Mus. 



Nac. B. Aires, iv, p. 72; Regan, 1903, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi, p. 600; Lonnberg, 1905, 



Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Siidpol.-Exped., v (6), p. 9, pi. ii, fig. 6; McCulloch, 1914, Biol. 



Res. 'Endeavour', 11, p. 158; Devincenzi, 1924, Anal. Mus. Montevideo (11) 1 (5), p. 275; 



Phillipps, 1927, JV. Zealand Mar. Dept. Fish. Bull., 1, p. 52; McCulloch, 1929, Mem. 



Austral. Mus., v, p. 357. 

 Genypterus tigerinus, Klunzinger, 1872, Arch. Naturgesch., xxvm (1), p. 39. 

 Genypterus australis, Castelnau, 1872, Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc. Victoria, 1, p. 164. 

 ? Genypterus chilensis, Vaillant, 1888, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, vi. Zool., Poiss., p. 19. 

 Genypterus capensis, Berg, 1898, Comun. Mus. Nac. B. Aires, 1, p. 13; Berg, 1899, t.c, p. 97. 

 ? Genypterus microstomia, Regan, 1903, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xi, p. 599; McCulloch, 1914, 



Biol. Res. 'Endeavour', 11, p. 159, pi. xiv, fig. 2; Devincenzi, 1924, Anal. Mus. Montevideo 



(11) 1 (5), p. 275. 



St. WS 79. 13. iii. 27. 51° 01' 30" S, 64 59' 30" W. Commercial otter trawl, 132-131 m.: 

 2 specimens, 350, 430 mm. 



St. WS80. 14. iii. 27. 50°57'S, 63°37'3o"W. Commercial otter trawl, 152-151 m. : 3 specimens, 

 400-480 mm. 



St. WS 216. 1. vi. 28. 47 37' S, 6o° 50' W. Commercial otter trawl, 219-133 m.: 1 specimen, 

 450 mm. 



St. WS 217. i.vi. 28. 46 28' S, 60° 18' W. Commercial otter trawl, 146 m.: 1 specimen, 

 820 mm. 



St. WS 763. 16. x. 31. 44 14' S, 63 28' W. Seine net attached to back of trawl, 87-82 m.: 

 1 specimen, 190 mm. 



St. WS 789. 13. xii. 31. 45 17' S, 64 22' W. Seine net attached to back of trawl, 95-93 m.: 

 5 specimens, 190-350 mm. 



St. WS 816. 14. i. 32. 52 09' 45" S, 64 56' W. Commercial otter trawl, 150 m.: 1 specimen, 

 960 mm. 



Depth of body yh to 9! in the length, length of head 4J to 5. Snout as long as or 

 longer than eye, diameter of which is 5 (young) to 7 (large specimens) in length of 

 head; interorbital width b\ to 81. Maxillary extending to below hinder edge of eye 

 or beyond, the width of its distal extremity nearly equal to diameter of eye. Gill-rakers 

 about \ as long as eye; 4 (+ rudiments) on lower part of anterior arch. 11 to 15 rows 

 of scales between anterior rays of dorsal fin and the lateral line. Dorsal commencing 

 above middle of pectoral, the length of which is z\ to 2§ in that of head ; longest pelvic 

 ray about f length of head. Yellowish ; upper parts of sides marbled with brown, the 

 darker markings sometimes rather indistinct; vertical fins with a continuous broad 

 brown longitudinal band, sometimes somewhat indistinct and diffuse, and with pale 

 margins. 



Hab. Australia and New Zealand; coasts of south-eastern South America from 

 Uruguay to the Straits of Magellan. 



I am unable to detect any important differences between the specimens collected by 

 the 'William Scoresby' in the Patagonian-Falklands region and 9 specimens (260- 

 900 mm.) in the British Museum collection from Australia and New Zealand. It seems 



