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with a green and blue lustre; a red flush is sometimes present on upper margin of 

 cheek. The colour of the iris is brazen. The dorsal fins are dusky, with vertical bars of 

 auburn, and are often margined with white. The anal fin is grey, the free distal parts 

 of the rays white. The caudal is olive. The pectoral is olive, usually pale, the base of 

 the fin with a vertical bar of dark pigment. The pelvic is white or dusky. The belly, 

 which is shaded in the sketch, should be white. 



Notothenia wiltoni, Regan. 1 



Notothenia tessellata (part), Gtinther, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 20. 



Notothenia longipes (non Steindachner), Gunther, 1881, t.c, p. 20; Vaillant, 1888, Miss. Set. 

 Cap Horn, vi. Zool., Poiss., p. 25; Jordan, 1891, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xm, p. 335; 

 Lonnberg, 1905, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Sudpol.-Exped., v (6), p. 15; Thompson, 191 6, 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., L, p. 451 ; Devincenzi, 1924, Anal. Mus. Montevideo (n) 1 (5), p. 267. 

 ? Notothenia squamifrons, Vaillant, 1888, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, VI. Zool., Poiss., p. 24. 

 Notothenia wiltoni, Regan, 1913, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb., xlix, p. 268, pi. vii, fig. 2. 

 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, 105 mm. 



St. 56. 16. v. 26. Sparrow Cove, Port William, East Falkland Islands, i\ cables N 50 E of 

 Sparrow Point. Small beam trawl, 10I-16 m. : 2 specimens, 100, no mm. 



St. 222. 22-24. iv. 27. St Martin's Cove, Hermite Island, Cape Horn. Large fish-trap, 30-35 m.: 

 1 specimen, 225 mm. 

 4. v. 31. Field Anchorage, Magellan Straits. Hand line, 26 m.: 1 specimen, 210 mm. 



Depth of body \\ to 5 in the length, length of head 3 to 3 \. Snout as long as or a 

 little longer than eye, diameter of which is 4 to 5 in length of head ; interorbital width 

 5 5 to l\- Lower jaw a little longer than the upper; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior \ of eye or beyond (occasionally to below anterior |) ; teeth in bands, those of 

 outer row somewhat enlarged anteriorly; upper surface of head (except snout and 

 praeorbital), cheeks and opercles scaled ; scales on upper surface of head all smooth, 

 5 or 6 rows between the eyes; (14) 15 to 19 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 Scales on body more or less ctenoid ; 62 to 75 in a lateral longitudinal series ; 48 to 53 

 tubular scales in upper lateral line, which nearly reaches caudal, 6 to 13 in lower lateral 

 line. Dorsal VI (occasionally VII) 34-36; longest spine not more than \ length of head. 

 Anal 32-34. Pectoral f to § length of head, longer than pelvics, which extend just to 

 the vent or not as far (in adults). Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle f to § as long as 

 deep, its least depth \ to f length of head. Dark greyish brown, with traces of indistinct 

 darker cross-bars; dorsals, anal and caudal dusky, generally narrowly margined with 

 white ; pectoral pale, with a dark vertical bar across the base ; pelvics more or less dusky. 



Hob. Coasts of Argentina and eastern Patagonia; Straits of Magellan; Tierra del 

 Fuego; Falkland Islands. 



In addition to the above, Mr Bennett has sent 45 specimens (135-340 mm.) from 

 Stanley, Falkland Islands, taken by hook or trap in 1 to 1 \ fathoms, or under stones 

 at low water, in November, December, and January. There are also 7 specimens 



1 This species has been so often confused with N. longipes that it has proved impossible to give satisfactory 

 full synonymies of these two forms. 



