64 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Parachaenichthys georgianus (Fischer). 



Chaenichthys georgianus, Fischer, i8S ^, Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., ii, p. 50, pi. i, figs. 1-2. 

 Parachaenichthys georgianus, Boulenger, 1902, i.e., p. 176; Lonnberg, 1905, Wiss. Ergebn. 

 Schwed. Siidpol.-Exped., v (6), p. 36; 1906, K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl., XL (5), p. 95; 

 Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, XLix, p. 287. 



St. MS 32. I. V. 25. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 40 m.: 2 speci- 

 mens, 84, 185 mm. 



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

 8 specimens, 260-470 mm. 



St. 42. I. iv. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 120-204 m.: 

 2 specimens, 83, 92 mm. 



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

 238 m. : 4 specimens, 280-480 mm. ; large otter trawl, 238-270 m. : i specimen, 82 mm. 



St. 140. 23. xii. 26. Stromness Harbour to Larsen Point, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 

 122-136 m.: I specimen, 160 mm. 



St. — . 6. i. 27. Stromness Harbour, South Georgia. Hand line, 9-10 m.: i specimen, 455 mm. 



St. 148. 9. i. 27. Off Cape Saunders, South Georgia. Larger otter trawl, 132-148 m. : i specimen, 

 170 mm. 



St. 149. 10. i. 27. Mouth of East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 200- 

 234 m. : 4 specimens, 175-435 ■^"^• 



St.WS62. 19.1.27. Wilson Harbour, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-83 m. : 1 1 specimens, 

 65-115 mm. 



St. WS 65. 22. i. 27. Undine Harbour (North), South Georgia. Hand line, 5 m.: 2 specimens, 

 450, 475 mm. 



St. — . Nov. 1930. I specimen, 133 mm., taken from stomach of Chaenocephalus aceratus. 



Fig. 39. Parachaenichthys georgianus. x J. 



Depth of body 7 to 10 in the length, length of head 2J to nearly 3. Snout nearly \ 

 length of head; diameter of eye 5 (young) to yj, interorbital width 13 to 17 in length of 

 head. Lower jaw a little projecting ; maxillary not nearly reaching vertical from anterior 

 margin of eye; operculum with 3 radiating ridges terminating in spinous points; 16 to 

 19 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 102 to no tubular scales in upper lateral 

 line, which extends beyond last ray of dorsal fin and joins the lower lateral line on the 

 caudal peduncle ; this part of the lower lateral line with 4 to 9 tubular scales, in front 

 of which is an irregular series of depressed non-perforate scales. Dorsal 43-^46. Anal 

 31-33. Pectoral with 21 to 23 rays, length 2 to 2\ in that of head, not or scarcely 

 reaching vent; pelvics a little shorter, not reaching vent in adult. Caudal rounded or 



