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of head. Pectoral nearly as long as head, pelvic about ^ the length of head. Pale brownish, 

 the head, body and fins spotted and variegated with darker, a row of dark saddle-like 

 blotches along the back being most prominent. 



Hab. Coast of Argentina ; Patagonian-Falklands region ; Tierra del Fuego. 



The type of the species, which is 265 mm. in total length, is from Cape Espiritu 

 Santo, east coast of Tierra del Fuego. The species is new to the British Museum 

 collection. 



Genus Maynea, Cunningham 



1871, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, xxvn, p. 471 ; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinb., xlix, p. 248. 



Type M. patagonica, Cunningham. 

 Gymnelichthys, Fischer, 1885, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst., 11, p. 60. Type G. antarcticus, Fischer. 



Body elongate or rather short, compressed. Mouth terminal; teeth conical, uniserial 

 in both jaws and on vomer and palatines. Gill-opening cleft downward to or nearly to 

 middle of base of pectoral. Dorsal origin just behind head, above base of pectoral ; no 

 pelvic fins. 



Three species : two from the Patagonian region, one from South Georgia. 



Maynea patagonica, Cunningham. 



Maynea patagonica, Cunningham, 1S71, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, xxvn, p. 472; Giinther, 

 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 20, pi. ii, figs. C, D; Perugia, 1891, Ann. Mus. Civ. stor. nat. 

 Genova (2) x [xxx], p. 624; Steindachner, 1898, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. iv, p. 318; Delfin, 

 1901, Cat. Peces Chile, p. 96; Lonnberg, 1905, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Sudpol.-Exped., 

 v (6), p. 8; Lahille, 1908, Anal. Mus. Nac. B. Aires, xvi, p. 439, fig. 8; Regan, 1913, Trans. 

 R. Soc. Edinb., xlix, p. 248; Hussakof, 1914, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxm, p. 92. 



Small scales embedded in the skin. Depth of body 10 to 12J in the length, length 

 of head 6f to ~j\. Diameter of eye 5 to 6 in length of head, much greater than inter- 

 orbital width. Maxillary extending to below anterior \ or middle of eye; teeth all 

 small, more or less equal in size, scarcely curved. About 120 rays in the dorsal fin, 

 about 95 in the anal; distance from head to origin of anal if to if in length of head. 

 Pectoral less than | the length of head. Yellowish, with broad brown cross-bars 

 separated by narrow interspaces. 



Hab. Patagonian-Falklands region ; Straits of Magellan ; Tierra del Fuego. 



No specimens of this species were obtained by the Discovery Expedition, but there 

 are two in the British Museum collection: the holotype (150mm.) from the Otter 

 Islands, and another (90 mm.) from the Straits of Magellan. 



Maynea brevis, sp.n. 



St. WS 216. 1. vi. 28. 47° 37' S, 6o° 50' W. Net (7 mm. mesh) attached to back of trawl, 219- 

 133 m.: 1 specimen, 44 mm. 



St. WS 244. 18. vii. 28. 50° 00' S, 62°4o'W. Net (7 mm. mesh) attached to back of trawl, 

 253-247 m.: 1 specimen, 43 mm. 



St. WS 784. 5. xii. 31. 49° 47' 45" S, 6i° 05' W. Seine net attached to back of trawl, 170-164 m.: 

 1 specimen, 68 mm. 



St. WS 825. 28-29. i. 32. 50° 50' S, 57° 15' 15" W. Commercial otter trawl, with net (7 mm. 

 mesh) attached, 135-144 m. : 1 specimen, 90 mm. Holotype. 



