MURAENOLEPIDAE 59 



Hab. Patagonian-Falklands region ; Straits of Magellan. 



The type of the species from Orange Bay was only 63 mm. long. The species was not 

 previously represented in the British Museum collection. 



The known species of Muraenolepis may be distinguished as follows : 



I. Depth of body 6|, length of head 63 in that of fish; dorsal filament 3 times as long 

 as eye orangiensis. 



II. Depth of body 5 to 6, length of head 4J to 5j in that of fish; dorsal filament less than 

 twice as long as eye. 



A. Length of head 5! in that of fish; eye about 4 in head; dorsal filament as long 



as eye ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... marmoratus. 



B. Length of head 4J to \\ in that of fish; eye 5 in head; dorsal filament longer 

 than eye ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... microps. 



Fig. 25. Muraenolepis orangiensis. x §. 



LAMPRIDIDAE 



Lampris regius (Bonnaterre). 



There is a stuffed specimen, about 3 feet in length, in the Museum at Stanley, of 

 which a photograph has been sent to me by Mr Hamilton. This fish, which was found 

 at West Point Island, Falkland Islands, appears to be referable to this species. This is 

 the first record of the Opah or Moon-fish from South America, but it is known from 

 Australia and New Zealand. 



CARANGIDAE 

 Parona signata (Jenyns). 



Paropsis signatus, Jenyns, 1842, Zool. 'Beagle', Fish., p. 66, pi. xiii; Giinther, i860, Cat. Fish., 

 11, p. 486; Steindachner, 1876, SitzBer. Akad. Wiss. Wien, LXXII (1), p. 77; Liitken, 1880, 

 Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. (5) xn, 6, p. 104; Perugia, 1891, Ann. Mus. Civ. stor. not. Genova 

 (2) x [xxx], p. 614. 



Parona signata, Berg, 1895, Anal. Mus. Nac. B. Aires, iv, p. 39; Evermann and Kendall, 1906, 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxxi, p. 99; Devincenzi, 1924, Anal. Mus. Montevideo (11) 1 (5), 



p. 218; Fowler, 1927, Proc. Acad. N.S. Philad., lxxviii, p. 268; Devincenzi and Barattini, 



1928, Anal. Mus. Montevideo (11) 11 (4), pi. xxiv, fig. 2. 



St. WS 847. 9. ii. 32. 50 15' 45" S, 67 57' W. Commercial otter trawl, 51-56 m.: 6 specimens, 



465-600 mm. 



Depth of body 2.\ to nearly z\ in the length, length of head 3! to a little more than 4. 

 Snout as long as (young) or longer than eye, diameter of which is 3! (young) to b\ in 



length of head and less than interorbital width. Maxillary extending to beyond eye in 



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