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xxiv, iv, No. 5, p. 23; Steindachner, 1898, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. iv, p. 299; Boulenger 



1900, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vi, p. 52; Delfin, 1901, Cat. Peces Chile, p. 101. 

 Atherina macloviana, Lesson, 1830, Voy. 'Coquille', Zool., Poiss., Atlas, pi. xvii. 

 Eleginus chilensis, Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1833, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ix, p. 480; Guichenot, 



1848-9, in Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. 11, p. 187, pi. iii, fig. 1; Gunther, i860, Cat. Fish., 11, 



p. 247. 

 Aphritis undulatus, Jenyns, 1842, Zool. 'Beagle', Fish., p. 160, pi. xxix, fig. 1 ; Guichenot, 1848-9, 



t.c, p. 168; Gunther, i860, t.c, p. 243; Perugia, 1891, Ann. Mus. Civ. stor. nat. Genova 



(2) x [xxx], p. 616. 

 Aphritis porosus, Jenyns, 1842, t.c, p. 162; Gunther, 1860, t.c, p. 243. 

 Eleginus falklandicus, Richardson, 1845, Zool. 'Erebus' and 'Terror', Fishes, p. 30, pi. xx, 



figs. 1-3. 

 Eleginus magellani, Sauvage, 1880, Bull. Soc Philom. Paris (7) iv, p. 223. 

 Phricus porosus, Berg, 1895, Anal. Mus. Nac B. Aires, iv, p. 65. 

 Eleginops maclovinus, Dollo, 1904, Re's. Voy. 'Belgica', Poiss., p. 80; Lonnberg, 1907, Hamb. 



Magalh. Sammelr., Fische, p. 11; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc Edinb., xlix, p. 279; 



Thompson, 1916, Proc U.S. Nat. Mus., L, pp. 424, 467. 

 St. WS 586. 8. v. 31. 48° 27' 30" S, 74 23' 30" W. Hand line, 22 m.: 1 specimen, 320 mm. 

 St. 724. 16. xi. 31. Fortescue Bay, Magellan Straits. Seine net, 0-5 m. : 3 specimens, 160-180 mm. 



Depth of body 4! to 5! in the length, length of head 3 \ to 4. Snout (except in very- 

 young) longer than eye, diameter of which is 4 \ (young) to 8 in length of head ; inter- 

 orbital width 3 to 5. Lower jaw a little shorter than upper; maxillary just reaching 

 vertical from anterior margin of eye in the young, but not in the adult ; teeth in bands 

 in both jaws; occiput, interorbital region, cheeks and opercles scaled; mucous pores 

 on head associated with elongate naked areas as in Dissostichus ; 14 or 15 gill-rakers 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid ; about 60 in a lateral longitudinal 

 series, and 65 in the lateral line, which nearly reaches the caudal fin. Dorsal VIII or 

 IX 24-26. Anal 22-24. Pectoral obliquely truncated, with the upper rays longest, 

 nearly as long as head ; much longer than pelvics, which do not nearly reach the vent. 

 Caudal truncate in the young, a little emarginate in the adult. Brownish or greyish 

 above, paler below; body uniform, or spotted and marbled with darker; dorsal and 

 caudal fins more or less dusky ; anal yellowish-white ; pectorals and pelvics yellowish, 

 their distal parts sometimes dusky. 



Hah. Coasts of Argentina, Patagonia and Chile; 1 Falkland Islands. 



In addition to the above, Mr Bennett has sent 6 specimens (65-290 mm.), mostly 

 from Weir Creek, Stanley, Falkland Islands, taken with a seine net in March, November 

 and December. There are also about 25 specimens (120-450 mm.) in the British 

 Museum collection, from various localities, including the types of Aphritis undulatus, 

 A. porosus and Eleginus falklandicus. There are 2 fine specimens (300 and 320 mm.) 

 from near Talcahuano, Chile, received from Mr Cavendish Bentinck. 



This fish is one of the commonest of those of the Falklands, and is known locally 

 as " Mullet". It grows to a length of about 2 ft. and a weight of 15 lb., but, as the flesh 

 is often very muddy in taste, it is not a first-class fish for the table, although commonly 



1 This species extends northwards to the Rio Plata on the east coast and to northern Chile on the west 

 coast. 



