6o DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Hab. 71° 19' S, 87° 37' W; 435 metres. 



Known only from the unique holotype, 82 mm. in total length, in the Musee Royal 

 d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels. As pointed out above, I have re-examined 

 this specimen, but, owing to the poor state of preservation, have been able to add very 

 little to the original description. 



Fig. 35. Racovitzia glacialis. Holotype. x i. (After Dollo.) 



Racovitzia harrissoni (Waite). 



Aconichthys harrissoni, Waite, 1916, t.c, p. 30, pi. ii, fig. i, text-fig. 5; Norman, 1937, Rep. 

 B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. 74. 



St. 600. 17. i. 31. 67° 09' S, 69° 27' W. Large dredge, 487-512 m.: i specimen, 80 mm. 

 St. 1652. 23. i. 36. 75° 56-2' S, 178° 35-5' E. Rectangular dredge, with Russell net, 567 m.: 

 I specimen, 293 mm. 



Depth of body 7I to 9^ in the length, length of head 3 to 3^. Snout i\ to i| times 

 as long as eye, 3 to 3^ in length of head; diameter of eye 3 1 to 4 J in length of head; 

 interorbital region very narrow. Lower jaw projecting ; maxillary extending to or nearly 

 to level of anterior margin of eye ; a large patch of scales on the cheek and a small patch 

 on upper part of operculum; 10 to 12 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 

 About 140 scales in a lateral longitudinal series; 82 to 91 in upper, 9 to 13 in middle, 

 and 5 to 13 in lower lateral line (when this is present). Dorsal 34-37. Anal 28-31. 

 Pectoral with 22 or 23 rays, about f length of head, extending to above origin or anterior 

 rays of anal ; pelvics much shorter, not nearly reaching vent. Caudal rounded or sub- 

 truncate. Pale yellowish brown, spotted and variegated with darker; 6 black blotches 

 on the back, the 4 below the dorsal fin most conspicuous and extending on to the fin ; 

 lower parts more or less dusky; dorsal fin with small dark spots on the rays, and 

 sometimes with a dark blotch covering the posterior rays ; anal fin pale or with a dusky 

 longitudinal submarginal band, and with a white margin; caudal with its distal part 

 dusky and its upper and lower edges black; always a distinct black spot on proximal 

 part of upper edge; sometimes a narrow white posterior edge to the fin; pectoral 

 usually with cross-bars ; pelvics more or less dusky. 



Hab. Off Graham Land ; Mac-Robertson Land ; Queen Mary Land ; South Victoria 

 Land. 



This species was originally described from 5 specimens taken off Queen Mary Land 

 at depths varying from 450 to 610 metres. The holotype was 278 mm. in total length. 



