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(150 and 170 mm.) from 66° 45' S, 62° 03' E, 219 metres, collected by the B.A.N.Z. 

 Antarctic Research Expedition, are also included in this description. 



Genus POGONOPHRYNE 



Pogonophryne, Regan, 1914, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8) xni, p. 13; 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. 

 (' Terra Nova') Exped. 1910, Zool. i (i), p. 9. Type Pogonophryne scotti, Regan. 



Differs from Histiodraco in the wider interorbital region and the strongly depressed 

 head, nearly as broad as long and much broader than deep; both lateral lines with 

 tubules. 



Two species. 



Coasts of the Antarctic Continent and neighbouring islands. 



Pogonophryne scotti, Regan. 



Pogonophryne scotti, Regan, 1914, t.c, p. 13; 1914, t.c, p. 9, pi. vi, fig. i; Waite, 1916, Austral. 

 Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, ni (i). Fishes, p. 26. 

 St. 1660. 27.1.36. 74° 46-4' S, 178" 23-4' E. Large otter trawl, 351m.: 2 specimens, 240, 

 250 mm. 



Fig. 30. Pogonophryne scotti. x i. 



Depth of body about 4 in the length, length of head 2| to 2|. Head li to i^ times 

 as long as broad. Diameter of eye 5^ to 5I, interorbital width about 4^ in length of 

 head. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye; lower jaw strongly projecting; 

 barbel shorter than diameter of eye, blunt, papillose; 7 to 10 short, knob-like gill-rakers 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II-III, 25; spines low; anterior part of soft 

 dorsal sometimes elevated. Anal 17-18. Pectoral with 19 rays, i to | length of head, 

 extending to above origin of anal; pelvics short, rounded, not nearly reaching vent. 



