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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Notothenia marionensis, Giinther. 



Notothenia marionensis, Giinther, 1880, Shore Fish. 'Challenger', p. 17; Regan, 1913, t.c, 

 p. 273, pi. viii, fig. 2. 



Very closely related to A'^. angustifrons, but the interorbital width is 10 in the length 

 of the head. Dorsal VII, 29. Anal 27. Pectoral | length of head. Caudal peduncle a 

 little deeper than long. 



Hab. Marion Island, Kerguelen District. 



This species is known only from the holotype, 82 mm. in total length, from 100 to 

 150 metres. 



Notothenia cyanobrancha, Richardson. 



Notothenia cyanobrancha, Richardson, 1844, Zool. 'Erebus' and 'Terror' (Fish.), p. 7, pi. iv; 

 Studer, 1879, Arch. Naturg., xlv (i), p. 131; Pappenheim, 1912, Deutsche Siidpol.-Exped., 

 xni, Zool. V, p. 171; Norman, 1937, Rep. B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. 62. 



Notothenia purpuriceps, Richardson, 1844, t.c, p. 7, pi. ii, figs. 3, 4; Gunther, i860. Cat. Fish., 

 n, p. 262; Gill, 1876, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., iii, p. 41; Studer, 1879, t.c, p. 131. 



Notothenia cyaneobrancha, Giinther, i860, t.c, p. 261; Regan, 1913, t.c, p. 275. 



Notothenia coriiceps, Pappenheim, 1912, t.c, p. 170, pi. ix, fig. 2. 



Fig. II. Notothenia cyanobrancha. 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 6| in length of head ; interorbital width 

 5 to 6| . Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary extending to below middle or posterior part 

 of eye ; upper surface of head naked except for a few temporal and post-temporal scales, 

 which may be absent in the young; cheek scaly behind and below eye, the lower \ 

 (young) or \ (aduh) naked; upper part of operculum scaly; 10 to 13 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid ; 60 to 70 in a longitudinal series from 

 above base of pectoral to caudal; 32 to 39 in upper lateral line which ends below 

 posterior part of dorsal; lower lateral line, when developed, with 6 to 15 tubular scales- 

 Dorsal IV-VI, 33-36. Anal 30-34. Pectoral with 20 or 21 rays, f to f length of head, 

 as long as or longer than pelvics, which do not generally reach the vent in aduh. 

 Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle much deeper than long. More or less uniformly 

 brownish or black, but sometimes with traces of darker markings ; usually an oblique 

 dark stripe from eye to angle of praeoperculum, and another below this ; all the fins 

 more or less dusky or blackish, at least in adult. 



