DISCOVERY REPORTS 

 Numbers of abdominal pores in M. australis and M. affinis 



Myxine australis, Jenyns. 



1842, Zool. 'Beagle', Fish., p. 159; Hussakof, 1914, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., xxxin, p. 85. 

 Myxine australis (part), Giinther, 1870, Cat. Fish., viii, p. 511 ; Cunningham, 1871, Trans. Linn. 



Soc. London, xxvu, p. 473; Regan, 1913, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xi, p. 397. 

 Myxine acutifrons, Garman, 1899, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxiv, p. 347, pi. lxviii, fig. 6. 

 St. WS 763. 16. x. 31. 44° 14' S, 63 28' W. Seine net attached to back of trawl, 87-82 m.: 

 1 specimen, 100 mm. 

 St. WS 776. 3.xi.3i. 46 18' 15" S, 65° 02' i5"W. Conical dredge, 107 m.: 1 specimen, 230 mm. 

 St. WS 789. 3. xii. 31. 45 17' S, 64 22' W. Seine net attached to back of trawl, 95-93 m. : 

 7 specimens, 120-330 mm. 



Six branchial pouches. Eight teeth in the first series, 8 or 9 in the second, the 2 most 

 anterior united. Pores 30-36+56-64+9-12. Length of head 3^ to about 3I in the 

 total length. Brownish or olivaceous above, paler below. 



Hob. Coasts of Patagonia and southern Chile; Falkland Islands; South Shetland 

 Islands. 



In addition to the above, Mr Bennett has sent 2 specimens from the Falklands : one 

 (360 mm.) from Stanley Harbour, Low Spring Tide, collected in October 1932; the 

 other (380 mm.) from Salvador Waters, collected in April 1932. Mr Hamilton has sent 

 another from Stanley Harbour (360 mm.), collected in January 1925. There are 

 6 specimens (250-320 mm.) in the British Museum from the South Shetlands, Falk- 

 lands, Straits of Magellan, Tyssar Islands and Cockle Cove. 



Myxine affinis, Giinther. "Chkoutaouelik." 



? Muraenoblenna olivacea, Lacepede, 1803, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, p. 652. 



Myxine affinis, Giinther, 1870, Cat. Fish., vm, p. 511. 



Myxine australis (part), Giinther, 1870, t.c., p. 511; Cunningham, 1871, Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 London, xxvu, p. 473; Regan, 1913, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xi, p. 397. 



Myxine australis, Vaillant, 1888, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn., VI. Zool., Poiss., p. 32; Steindachner, 

 1898, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. iv, p. 334; Garman, 1899, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool, xxiv, 

 p. 345, pi. lxviii, fig. 8; Thompson, 1916, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., l, p. 419. 



Myxine glutinosa forma australis, Smitt, 1898, Bih. Sv. Vet.-Akad. Handl, xxiv, iv, No. 5, p. 75. 



Myxine glutinosa var. olivacea, Lahille, 1915, Anal. Mus. Nac. B. Aires, xxvi, p. 362, figs. 1-3. 

 St. WS 582. 30. iv. 31. 53 42' 30" S, 70 55' W. Dip net, 12 m.: 4 specimens, 290-420 mm. 



