NOTOTHENIIDAE 21 



St. 141. 29. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 17-27 m.: 14 

 specimens, 57-115 mm. 



St. 145. 7. i. 27. Stromness Harbour, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-35 m.: 3 specimens, 

 103-180 mm. 



St. WS 62. 19. i. 27. Wilson Harbour, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-83 m. : 2 specimens, 

 50, 52 mm. 



St. 370. 10. iii. 30. 2 miles NE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. Large otter trawl, 

 80-18 m.: 42 specimens, 75-148 mm. 



St. — . 25. iii. 30. Grytviken, South Georgia. Hand line, 5-5 to 10 metres: i specimen, 72 mm., 

 from stomach of Notothenia rossii. 



Depth of body 5 to 5 f in the length, length of head 3^ to 3I. Snout as long as or 

 rather longer than eye, diameter of which is 3 1 to nearly 5 in length of head; inter- 

 orbital width 15 to 20. Jaws about equal anteriorly; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior margin or anterior 5 of eye ; upper surface of head scaly to between nostrils ; 

 cheeks and opercles in great part scaly, but naked below and at edge of praeoperculum ; 

 snout and praeorbital naked; 10 to 12 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales 

 on body ctenoid ; 46 to 52 in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal ; 

 26 to 34 in upper lateral line, which ends below middle or posterior part of dorsal ; 

 15 to 26 in lower lateral line. Dorsal V-VIII, 28-30. Anal 29-31. Pectoral with 19 

 to 21 rays, f to f length of head, much longer than pelvics, which do not reach the 

 vent in adult. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle about as long as deep. Back with 

 dark transverse bars, which break up into spots on the sides of the body ; often a bar 

 through the spinous dorsal, connecting the bases of the pectorals ; dorsal, caudal and 

 pectorals with series of small dark spots on the rays ; anal and pelvics pale, sometimes 

 with some darker spots ; often a blackish spot on the upper part of the pectoral base. 



Hab. South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia. 



Fig. 10. Notothenia angustifrons . xf. A, Dorsal view of head of N. angiistifrons; 

 B, The same of A^. marionensis. x i . 



This species, which is very common in shallow water round South Georgia, was 

 originally described from 2 specimens, 82 and 88 mm. in length respectively, now 

 preserved in the Zoological Museum at Hamburg (No. 3921). According to Lonnberg, 

 this fish lives on the bottom among the algae, but is also often found " lying openly on 

 the clayey bottom, inside the kelp". Unlike A'', gibberifrons, it is said to be very active 

 and difficult to catch. 



