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caudal plain or with darker cross-bars, nearly always with dark markings at its base ; 

 pectoral and pelvics plain or more or less tinged with dusky, the former generally with 

 a dark bar across the base. 



Hah. Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan ; Falkland Islands. 



In addition to the above, Mr Bennett has sent many specimens (40-140 mm.) from 

 Stanley Harbour and the Dockyard Jetty, Falkland Islands, taken either in a trap set 

 in \\ fathoms or in a seine net operated from the shore, in February and November. 

 There are also 24 specimens (60-120 mm.) in the British Museum collection, from the 

 Falklands, Orange Bay and Magellan, including the type of the species and a co-type 

 of Notoihenia karlondreae. 



This species exhibits a remarkable degree of variation in the scaling of the head, but 

 may be readily distinguished from N. cornucola, which it closely resembles in appear- 

 ance, not only by the fully scaled operculum, but also by the number of dorsal spines and 

 number of rays in the soft dorsal, the somewhat larger scales, the narrower and flatter 

 interorbital region, etc. It is said to be very common in the Falkland Islands, and a 

 specimen sent to the British Museum by the late Mr R. Vallentin, taken by him in 

 November, 1909, was found coiled round a bunch of eggs at low tide. Others taken 

 near the end of September also had ripe ova, so that the breeding season would appear 

 to be at a different time to that of N. squamiceps. 



Notothenia cornucola, Richardson. "Oumouch.' 



Notothenia cornucola, Richardson, 1845, Zool. 'Erebus' and 'Terror', Fishes, pp. 8, 18, pi. viii, 

 figs. 4, 5, pi. xi, figs. 3, 4; Giinther, i860, Cat. Fish., 11, p. 261 ; Cunningham, Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. London, xxvn, p. 470; Steindachner, 1876, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, lxxii (1), p. 73 ; 

 Peters, 1876, Monatsber. Akad. Berlin, p. 836; Giinther, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 20; 

 Vaillant, 1888, MtJ. Sci. Cap Horn, vi. Zool., Poiss., p. 25 ; Perugia, 1891, Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 stor. nat. Genova (2) x [xxx], p. 619; Steindachner, 1898, Zool.Jahrb., Suppl. iv, p. 301; 

 Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinb., xlix, pp. 240, 275; Thompson, 1916, Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus., l, p. 436. 

 Notothenia virgata, Richardson, 1845, t.c, p. 18, pi. xi, figs. 5, 6; Giinther, i860, Cat. Fish., 



11, p. 262. 

 Notothenia marginata, Richardson, 1845, t.c, p. 18, pi. xii, figs. 1, 2. 



Notothenia cornucola var. virgata, Vaillant, 1888, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, VI. Zool., Poiss., p. 25. 

 Notothenia cornucola var. marginata, Vaillant, 1888, t.c, p. 26. 

 Notothenia cornucola (part), Smitt, 1897, Bih. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl, xxin, iv, No. 3, p. 12; 



Delfin, 1901, Cat. Peces Chile, p. 85. 

 Notothenia modesta, Steindachner, 1898, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. iv, p. 302, pi. xx, fig. 3. 

 Notothenia coriiceps, Steindachner, 1903, Zool.Jahrb., Suppl. vi, p. 207; Dollo, 1904, Re's. Voy. 

 'Belgica', Poiss., p. 79; Lonnberg, 1905, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Siidpol.-Exped., v (6), 

 pp. 6, 13; Lonnberg, 1907, Hamb. Magalh., Sammelr., Fische, p. 9; Hussakof, 1914, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxm, p. 89. 

 St. 52. 5. v. 26. Port William, East Falkland Islands, 7-4 cables N 17 E of Navy Point. Hand 

 line, 17 m.: 1 specimen, 65 mm. 



St. 53. 12. v. 26. Port Stanley, East Falkland Islands. Hulk of 'Great Britain'. Mussel rake, 

 0-2 m. : 1 specimen, 90 mm. 



St. 55. 16. v. 26. Entrance to Port Stanley, East Falkland Islands, 2 cables S 24 E of Navy 

 Point. Small beam trawl, 10-16 m.: 1 specimen, 58 mm. 



