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extending about to below middle of eye ; jaws equal anteriorly. About 75 rays in the 

 dorsal fin, about 60 in the anal; distance from head to origin of anal about 1^ times 

 length of head. Pectoral about -J-, pelvic \ to \ the length of head. Pale yellowish, with 

 a broad brown lateral stripe, edged with darker brown, and a similar but interrupted 

 band along the middle of the back, extending on to the dorsal fin, the three bands 

 uniting on the upper surface of the head ; a narrow brown vertical streak below the 

 eye; anal and pectoral fins yellowish. 

 Hob. Patagonian-Falklands region. 



Fig. 55. Pogonolycus elegans. Holotype. x 1. 



The specimen sketched in water-colours by Mr E. R. Gunther (St. WS 97) had been 

 in formalin for several days, but its colours did not appear to have altered. It was 

 brought up in the trawl among colonies of Cep/ialodiscus. 



Genus Platea, Steindachner 



1898, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. iv, p. 323; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinb., xlix, p. 247. Type 

 P. insignis, Steindachner. 



Skin naked. Body elongate, compressed. Snout and lower jaw with dermal processes. 

 Mouth subterminal; teeth incisor-like, uniserial in both jaws; palate toothless. Gill- 

 opening cleft downward to middle of base of pectoral. Dorsal origin just behind head, 

 above anterior part of pectoral ; pelvic fins present. 



A single species. 



Platea insignis, Steindachner. 



Platea insignis, Steindachner, 1898, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. iv, p. 323, pi. xx, fig. 12; Delfin, 1901, 



Cat. Peces Chile, p. 98; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinb., xlix, p. 248; Hussakof, 1914, 



Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxiu, p. 91 ; Thompson, 1916, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., l, p. 417. 



St. WS749. 18. ix. 31. 52 : 39' 30" S, 69 53' 30" W. Rectangular net, 40 m. : 6 specimens, 



83-180 mm. 



St. WS 835. 2. ii. 32. 53 05' 30" S, 68° 06' 30" W. Small beam trawl, 14-16 m.: 8 specimens, 

 1 10-140 mm. 



Depth of body n\ to 14! in the length, length of head 7 to yh Diameter of eye 

 6 to 7 in length of head, greater than interorbital width. Lower jaw more or less included ; 

 maxillary extending to below middle of eye. About 100 to no rays in the dorsal fin, 

 about 90 to 100 in the anal; distance from head to origin of anal about ih times length 



Fig. 56. Platea insignis. x h 



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