BROTULIDAE 



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Both the above specimens are males and both have the curious anal papilla described 

 by Gilchrist 1 in a large specimen from South Africa, believed by him to be a copulatory 

 organ of some kind. 



CENTROLOPHIDAE 



Seriolella porosa, Guichenot. "Cojinova"; "Lacarh"' or "Lassarh"'. 



1848-9, in Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. 11, p. 239, pi. vii, fig. 2; Giinther, i860, Cat. Fish., II, p. 467; 

 Hutton, 1875, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., vm, p. 211; Vaillant, 1888, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, 

 vi. Zool., Poiss., p. 29; Berg, 1895, Anal. Mus. Nac. B. Aires, iv, p. 35; Delfin, 1901, Cat. 

 Peces Chile, p. 52; Regan, 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) x, p. 128. 

 Neptonemus dobula, Giinther, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 429. 

 Seriolella dobula, McCulloch, 1929, Mem. Austral. Mus., v, p. 124. 

 St. WS853. 2i.iii. 32. 44 39' 45" S, 64°i3'3o"W. Commercial otter trawl, 90-90111.: 

 6 specimens, 365-390 mm. 



Depth of body 4 to 4 J in the length, length of head 3! to 4. Snout longer than eye, 

 diameter of which is 4 to 5 in length of head ; interorbital width about 3 times. Maxillary 

 slipping under the praeorbital for the entire length of its upper edge, extending to 

 below anterior margin of eye. Opercular bones not scaled ; praeopercular margin with 

 minute denticulations or entire ; angle of praeoperculum forming a distinct rounded 

 lobe. About 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Lateral line running high, 

 concurrent with the dorsal profile. Dorsal VII-VIII, I 37-40; the third, fourth and 



Fig. 62. Seriolella porosa. x §. 



fifth spines longest, equal to \ to f the diameter of the eye ; the anterior soft rays about 

 I the length of head. Anal III 23-26 ; the first two spines short and somewhat detached 

 from the rest of the fin. Pectoral nearly as long as head; pelvics inserted behind 

 pectorals, length 2h to 25 in that of head. 



Hab. Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Patagonia ; Chile ; coasts of Australia and New 

 Zealand. 



I am unable to detect any important differences between the above specimens and 

 several specimens from Tasmania in the British Museum collection, and conclude that 



1 1904, Mar. Invest. S. Africa, in, p. 141. 



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