68 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



B. Anal 22-25, length of base z\ to 2§ in that of fish (without caudal); interorbital width 

 z\ to 3 J in head; pelvics much shorter than pectorals, not nearly reaching vent; caudal 

 peduncle usually as long as deep or longer than deep. 



1. Scales smooth; 36 to 46 tubular scales in upper lateral line; 50 to 60 scales in a lateral 

 longitudinal series macrocephala. 



2. Scales ctenoid; 51 to 56 tubular scales in upper lateral line; 67 to 73 scales in a lateral 

 longitudinal series microlepidota. 



Notothenia macrophthalma, sp.n. 



St. WS 840. 53° 52' S, 6i° 49' 15" W. Commercial otter trawl, 368-463 m. : 1 specimen, 190 mm. 

 Holotype. 



Depth of body \\ in the length, length of head 3^. Snout about f diameter of eye, 

 which is 3 in length of head; interorbital width about 9. Jaws about equal anteriorly; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior \ of eye ; teeth in bands, canines small ; upper 

 surface and sides of head, including praeorbital and parts of snout, scaled ; scales on 

 head ctenoid and mostly much smaller than those on body ; 3 rows of scales between 

 the eyes; 12 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; about 



Fig. 30. Notothenia macrophthalma. Holotype. 



58 in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal ; 39 to 42 1 in upper 

 lateral line, which ends below fourth from last ray of dorsal, 4 to 8 in lower lateral line. 

 Dorsal VI 34 ; longest spine about \ length of head. Anal 30. Pectoral about f the 

 length of head, about as long as pelvics, which reach the vent. Caudal apparently 

 rounded; caudal peduncle a little deeper than long. Body with broad, irregular cross- 

 bars ; cheek with two indistinct oblique stripes ; dorsal fins partly blackish or dusky. 



Hab. Near the Burdwood Bank, south of the Falkland Islands. 



Very closely related to N. squamifrons, Gunther, from Kerguelen, but with a some- 



1 Counted on the two sides of the body. 



