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Pogonophryne", and it seems probable that the fish in question belonged to the species 

 described above. The barbel is shown without a terminal expansion, but this may be 

 due to the fact that the sketch was prepared in a hurry. Alternatively, the form of the 

 barbel may differ in the sexes, as in Artedidraco mirus. 



Genus HARPAGIFER 



Harpagifer, Richardson, 1844, Zool. 'Erebus' and 'Terror' (Fish.), p. u; Regan, 1913, Trans. 

 R. Soc. Edinburgh, XLix, p. 94; Norman, 1937, Discovery Rep., xvi, p. 94. Type Batrachus 

 bispinis, Schneider. 



A comparatively short upper lateral line with tubules ; lower lateral line reduced to 

 a series of pores ; head rather broader than deep ; snout about as long as eye ; interorbital 

 region of moderate width; post-temporal not prominent; operculum and suboper- 

 culum each forming a prominent spine. Mouth rather large ; no mental barbel ; teeth 

 in villiform bands, without distinct canines. Spinous dorsal fin placed above the base 

 of the pectoral. 



A single species. 



Patagonian region to Graham Land, Kerguelen and Macquarie Island. 



Harpagifer bispinis (Schneider). 



Batrachus bispinis, Schneider \ex Forster MS.], 1801, in Bloch, Syst. Ichth., p. 45. 



Callionymus bispinis, Forster, 1844, Anim. Mar. Atist., p. 360. 



Harpagifer bispinis, Richardson, 1844, Zool. 'Erebus' and 'Terror' (Fish.), pp. 11, 19, pi. vii, 

 figs. 1-3, pi. xii, figs. 8, 9; Giinther, i860. Cat. Fish., u, p. 263; Gill, 1876, Bull. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus., Ill, p. 41; Studer, 1879, Arch. Naturg., XLV (i), p. 130; Giinther, 1880, Shore Fish. 

 'Challenger', p. 17; Fischer, 188^, Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., 11, p. 57; Vaillant, 1906, 

 Bull. Mus. Paris, 1906, No. 3, p. 139; 1906, Exped. Antarct. Franf. (1903-1905), Poiss., 

 p. 45; Roule and Despax, 191 1, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1911, No. 5, p. 279; Pappenheim, 1912, 

 Deutsche Siidpol. -Exped., xni, Zool. v, p. 177, pi. ix, figs. 5a, 5^; Roule, Angel and Despax, 

 1913, Deux. Exped. Antarct. Franf. (1908-1910), Poiss., p. 13; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. 

 Soc. Edijiburgh, XLix, p. 280; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, in 

 (i). Fishes, p. 70; Norman, 1937, Discovery Rep., xvi, p. 94, fig. 46; Norman, 1937, 

 Rep. B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, pp. 59, 64. 



Harpagifer palliolatus, Richardson, 1844, t.c, p. 20, pi. xii, figs. 5-7. 



St. MS 33. I. V. 25. I cable E of Hobart Rock, East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Small 

 beam trawl, 40 m. : i specimen, 65 mm. 



St. WS 25. 17. xii. 26. Undine Harbour (North), South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 18-27 '^••■ 

 1 specimen, 37 mm. 



St. 145. 7. i. 27. Stromness Harbour, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-35 m.: i specimen, 

 95 mm. 



Depth of body 3! to 4'| in the length, length of head 2f to 3^. Diameter of eye 4 to 5 

 in length of head, equal to or rather greater than interorbital width. Jaws equal anter- 

 iorly or lower a little projecting; maxillary extending to below middle or anterior 

 part of eye ; gill-rakers reduced to a few rudimentary knobs near angle of arch. Dorsal 

 III-V, 21-26. Anal 16-21. Pectoral with 16 to 18 rays, more than | as long as head, a 

 little longer than pelvics, which do not reach the vent. Caudal rounded. Coloration 



