NOTOTHENIIDAE 



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rather longer than pelvics, which extend to vent or not as far and occasionally reach the 

 anal fin. Caudal rounded ; caudal peduncle § to f as long as deep, its least depth j to 

 f length of head. Pale brownish, with a lateral series of 5 to 7 dark blotches or vertical 

 bars ; both dorsal fins dusky, the spinous dorsal paler at its base, the rays of the soft 

 dorsal tipped with white ; anal and caudal pale or more or less dusky, both fins narrowly 

 margined with white ; pectoral pale, usually with a dark vertical bar across the base. 

 Hob. Patagonian-Falklands region. 







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Fig. 36. Notothenia ramsayi. 



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In addition to the many specimens listed above, there are 6 more (205-330 mm.) in 

 the British Museum collection, from the Burdwood Bank— the types of the species. 1 



This was the commonest species of Notothenia taken during the Trawling Surveys, 

 and occurred at depths ranging from 82 to 434 metres. It does not seem to inhabit 

 very shallow water, however, and in this respect bears much the same relationship to 

 N. wiltoni as does N. guntheri to N. brevicauda. 



Numbers of gill-rakers in N. wiltoni and N. ramsayi. 



Gill- 

 rakers 



N. wiltoni 13 N - ramsa y { 



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15 



16 



17 



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Mr E. R. Gunther notes that in life this species has the body grey, tinged with olive, 

 darker on back and becoming white ventrally. The dark cross-bars are sometimes 

 interspersed with pale silvery blue. The cheek is slightly silvery, the opercles more so 



1 The specimen from Isthmus Bay, Magellan Straits, identified by Regan as this species, is in poor 

 condition, but probably belongs to N. wiltoni. 



