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Depth of body nearly 4 in the length, length of head 3 4 to 3I. Snout shorter than 

 eye, diameter of which is 2| (young) to 3^ in length of head; interorbital width 8 to 9. 

 Lower jaw a little projecting; maxillary extending to below anterior J or ^ of eye; 

 upper surface of head naked; cheeks and opercles scaly; 11 or 12 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 58 to 62 in a longitudinal series from 

 above base of pectoral to caudal; 39 to 43 in upper lateral line, which ends below 

 posterior rays of dorsal, 8 to 18 in lower lateral hne. Dorsal IV-V, 37. Anal 32-35. 

 Pectoral with 28 to 30 rays, | to | length of head, somewhat longer than pelvics, which 

 reach vent or origin of anal. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. 

 Brownish, with indistinct dark cross-bars, and sometimes with some scattered small 

 dark spots ; fins dusky. 



Hab. Queen Mary Land ; South Victoria Land. 



The types of the species, 3 specimens 150 to 250 mm. in total length, are from Cape 

 Adare, 10 to 16 metres, and from Duke of York Island, near Cape Adare, 8 metres. 

 The two examples recorded by Waite from Queen Mary Land, each 115 mm. in total 

 length, were from a depth of 643 metres. 



Trematomus borchgrevinki, Boulenger. 



Trematomus borchgrevinki, Boulenger, 1902, Rep. Coll. Nat. Hist. 'Southern Cross', p. 179, 

 pi. xii; 1907, Nat. Antarct. Exped. Nat. Hist., n. Fish., p. i; Pappenheim, 1912, Deutsche 

 Siidpol.-Exped., xni, Zool. v, p. 171 ; Roule, Angel and Despax, 1913, Deux. Exped. Antarct. 

 Franf. (1908-1910), Poiss., p. 6; Regan, 1913, t.c, pp. 239, 260. 



Trematomus borchgrevinski, Roule and Despax, 191 1, Bull. Mus. Paris, 191 1, No. 5, p. 279. 



Fig. 16. Trematomus borchgrevinki. x |. 



Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head 3* to 4^. Snout as long as or a 

 little longer than eye, diameter of which is 4 to 5 in length of head ; interorbital width 

 3 to 4. Jaws equal anteriorly or lower a little projecting ; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior i of eye ; upper surface of head naked ; upper parts of cheeks and opercles 

 scaly; 16 to 19 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 78 

 to 96 in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal ; lateral lines without 

 or with only a few tubular scales. Dorsal V-VI, 34-37. Anal 31-33. Pectoral with 



