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anterior | of eye ; barbel | to J length of head, simple or slightly fringed distally ; 6 or 7 

 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal II-III, 25-28. Anal 18-21. Soft 

 dorsal and anal usually highest posteriorly, their last rays joined or nearly joined to 

 base of caudal. Pectoral with 14 to 16 rays, if to if in length of head, extending to 

 above anal in young but not in adult ; pelvics as long as or a little shorter than pectorals, 

 reaching vent in young but not in adult. Caudal slightly emarginate. A series of dark 

 blotches at base of dorsal fin and sometimes at base of anal ; a dark lateral band, made 

 up of irregular spots, from eye to caudal fin ; pale bands above and below it are con- 

 tinued along the upper and lower margins of the caudal fin ; dorsal and middle of caudal 

 with spots on the rays ; pectorals usually barred. 



Hab. Graham Land ; South Victoria Land. 



The type of the species, 93 mm. in total length, was collected by the ' Pourquoi 

 Pas?' near Marguerite Bay (68° 00' S, 70° 20' W), at a depth of 230 metres. I have 

 examined this type in the Paris Museum (No. 13 — 186). It has a somewhat larger eye 

 than is seen in examples from Victoria Land, but appears to be otherwise identical. 

 The 'Terra Nova' obtained 22 specimens, measuring up to no mm. in total length, 

 from: Ross Sea, 74° 25' S, 179° 3' E, 295 metres; off new land south of the Balleny 

 Islands, 375 metres; entrance to McMurdo Sound, 76° 56' S, 164° 12' E, 300 metres 

 and 77 13' S, 164° 18' E, 380 metres; and near Inaccessible Island, 415 to 450 metres. 



Artedidraco shackletoni, Waite. 



Artedidraco shackletoni, Waite, Brit. Antarct. Exped. 1907-1909, 11, Biol., 11, p. 15, pi. ii; 

 Regan, 1914, t.c, p. 8; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Set. Rep., Ser C, in (i), 

 Fishes, p. 23; Norman, 1937, t.c , p. 73. 



Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head 2| to nearly 3. Diameter of eye 

 3i to 3I, interorbital width about 14 in length of head. Maxillary extending to below 

 middle of eye or not quite as far ; barbel as long as or nearly as long as diameter of eye 

 and I to more than I length of head, smooth, tapering ; 6 or 7 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal III-IV (V), 27-30; middle soft-rays longest. Anal 19 or 20. 

 Last rays of dorsal and anal joined to base of caudal. Pectoral with 15 to 17 rays, if to 

 if in length of head, extending to above vent or origin of anal; pelvics as long or 

 shorter, not reaching vent (except in young). Caudal subtruncate. Pale brownish, 

 uniform or with three dark brown bars on the back ; lower parts of hinder portion of 

 body sometimes spotted with brown ; caudal and pectoral fins spotted, and sometimes 

 traces of spots on the other fins; often a dusky band along base of anal fin. 



Hab. Enderby Land; Mac-Robertson Land; Queen Mary Land; South Victoria 

 Land. 



The type of the species, 146 mm. in length, was from off Cape Royds, at a depth 

 of 56 to 150 metres. Two specimens (132 and 142 mm.) in the British Museum col- 

 lection, from the entrance to McMurdo Sound, and 6 specimens (65 to 120 mm.) 

 collected by the B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition are also included in the 

 above description. 



