MACRURIDAE 



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head ; interorbital width 4§ to 5 J. Dorsal II 9-10 ; length of spine f to | of that of head ; 

 distance from second dorsal equal to or rather less than length of its base. Origin of 

 anal at distance from head which is much shorter than length of head without snout. 

 Pectoral with 15 to 17 rays; f to f length of head. Pelvics with 7 rays, outer ray 

 filamentous, about as long as pectoral, extending to beyond origin of anal. Scales 

 with 8 to 18 series of spinules, which are more or less parallel on the body scales, but 





Fig. 19. Coelorhynchus fasciatus. x\. 



converge anteriorly on those of the head ; 3 or 4 scales between dorsal fin and lateral 

 line. A series of irregular dark cross-bars on the back. 



Hob. Patagonian-Falklands region ; Straits of Magellan ; southern Chile ; South Africa. 



Three other species of Coelorhynchus have been described from this region : C. marinii, 

 Hubbs, from Argentina and South Georgia; C. patagoniae, Gilbert and Thompson, 

 from the west coast of Patagonia; and C. chilensis, Gilbert and Thompson, from off 

 Lota, Chile. 



MERLUCCIIDAE 

 Merluccius hubbsi, Marini. " Yapakama " ; " Merluza ". 



St. WS73. 6. iii. 27. 5i°oi'S, 58 54' W. Commercial otter trawl, 121m.: 6 specimens, 

 460-590 mm. 



St. WS 78. 13. iii. 27. 51 01' S, 68° 04' 30" W. Commercial otter trawl, 95-91 m. : 6 specimens, 

 380-445 mm. 



St. WS 80. 14. iii. 27. 50 c 57' S, 63 37' 30" W. Commercial otter trawl, 152-156 m.: 1 specimen, 

 720 mm. 



St. WS 90. 7. iv. 27. 13 miles N 83 °E of Cape Virgins Light, Argentine Republic. Commercial 

 otter trawl, 82-81 m.: 1 specimen, 715 mm. 



St. WS 95. 17. iv. 27. 48 58' 15" S, 64 45' W. Commercial otter trawl, 108-109 m.: 1 specimen, 

 130 mm. 



St. WS 96. 17. iv. 27. 48° 00' 45" S, 64 58' W. Commercial otter trawl, 96 m.: 6 specimens, 

 225-280 mm. 



St. WS 97. 18. iv. 27. 49 00' 30" S, 6i° 58' W. Commercial otter trawl, 146-145 m. : 1 specimen, 



850 mm. 



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