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like, dentigerous; operculum with a group of 4 or 5 spines, the uppermost with an 

 antrorse hook. Spinous dorsal well developed, its base not more than h that of soft 

 dorsal, from which it is separated by an interspace ; pelvics rather long, with the rays 

 normally branched, the middle ones the longest. 



A single species. 



South Georgia. 



Pseudochaenichthys georgianus, Norman. 



Pseiidochaenichthys georgianus, Norman, 1937, t.c, p. 476. 



St. 39. 25. iii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 179-235 m.: 

 2 specimens, 285, 350 mm. 



St. 45. 6. iv. 26. 27 miles S 85° E of Jason Light, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 270- 

 238 m.: 4 specimens, 350-480 mm. (holotype, 480 mm.). 



St. 123. 15. xii. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 230- 

 250 m. : 6 specimens, 155-175 mm. 



St. 142. 30. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 88-273 m.: 

 I specimen, 153 mm. 



St. 148. 9.1.27. Off Cape Saunders, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 132-148 m.: 3 specimens, 

 430-465 mm. 



Depth of body 4I to nearly 6 in the length, length of head 2\ to 2|. Snout nearly 

 \ length of head ; diameter of eye 5 (young) to 7, interorbital width rather more than 4 

 in length of head. Supraorbital edges roughened (except in young), but only slightly 

 raised ; upper surface of head not rugose ; maxillary extending to below middle of eye ; 

 about 18 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal VIII-X, 29-31; sixth or 

 seventh spine longest. Anal 28-31. Pectoral with 23 or 24 rays, | to | length of head, 

 extending to above origin or anterior rays of anal ; pelvics as long as or rather longer 

 than pectorals. Caudal subtruncate or a little rounded. Brownish, the upper parts of 

 the body irregularly marked with darker in the young, but these markings tend to 

 disappear in the adults, which are nearly uniformly coloured; spinous dorsal and 

 pelvics blackish ; other fins pale or a little dusky. 



Fig. 45. Pseudochaenichthys georgianus. Holotype. 



Hab. South Georgia. 



