26 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



St. WS 534. 22-23. i- 31- 54° ^iV S, 35° 39' W. Hand-line (?), 5 m. (?): i specimen, 695 mm. 

 St. — . 28. iii. 31. Jetty, South Georgia. Hand-line: 4 specimens, 142-168 mm. 



In addition to the above, the following specimens were obtained by S.S. ' Sitka': 

 7. i. 27. 30 miles NE of Cape Saunders, South Georgia. Hand-line, 1-2 m. : 2 specimens, 540, 

 590 mm., caught in a patch of "krill". 



Fig. 14. Dorsal view of head of A, Notothenia coriiceps; B, N. rossii. x |. 



Depth of body 3I to 4I in the length, length of head 3^ to 3I. Snout longer than eye 

 (except in young), diameter of which is 3! (young) to 6| in length of head; interorbital 

 width 2| (large specimens) to about 3! . Jaws equal anteriorly or lower a little projecting; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior part or middle of pupil, sometimes a little 

 beyond ; scales on upper part of cheek and operculum and on temporal region ; upper 

 surface of head papillose; 11 to 13 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 

 on body cycloid ; 55 to 62 in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal ; 

 45 to 52 in upper lateral line, which ends below posterior part of dorsal; 10 to 18 in 

 lower lateral line. Dorsal IV-VII, 32-36. Anal 26-30. Pectoral with 21 to 23 rays, 

 I to I length of head, extending to level of vent or beyond (not as far in large specimens) ; 

 pelvics much shorter. Caudal subtruncate or a little rounded in adult and half-grown 

 specimens, emarginate in young; caudal peduncle as long as deep or a little deeper 

 than long. In young the back is dark, the greater part of the sides and the lower 

 parts silvery ; the body generally becomes more or less marbled with age, the markings 

 sometimes tending to form irregular longitudinal stripes ; head in adult and half-grown 

 specimens often with dark spots; dorsal fins with 2 or 3 series of dark spots, usually 

 united to form irregular vermiculations or longitudinal bands; anal usually with a 

 broad dusky band, and with a pale edge ; other fins varying from pale yellow to more 

 or less dusky, the caudal sometimes with a dark band. 



Hab. South Shetlands; South Orkneys; South Georgia; Kerguelen; Macquarie 

 Island. 



The type of the species was a large stuffed specimen, 850 mm. in total length. The 

 actual locality is unknown, but, as suggested by Regan, it was quite likely taken at 

 Kerguelen. Richardson describes the first dorsal fin as "comparatively low. . .sup- 

 ported by bluntish spines, destitute of flexibility, or of filamentous tips". Such a 



