14 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



St. WS 165. i.iii. 28. 53"44'S, 38" 46' W. 70 cm. tow-net, oblique, 133-0 m.: i specimen, 

 93 mm. 



St. WS 179. 7. iii. 28. 55' 08' 00" S, 35° 20' 00" W. I m. tow-net, oblique, 112-0 m.: i specimen, 

 72 mm. 



St. WS 358. 13-14.1.29. 55' 02' 30" S, 35" 18' 00" W. I m. tow-net, oblique, 85-0 m.: i 

 specimen, 53 mm. 



St. 341. 5-6. ii. 30. 54°43'S, 36°42i'W. i m. tow-net, oblique, iii-om.: i specimen, 

 172 mm. 



St. 366. 6. iii. 30. 4 cables S of Cook Island, South Sandwich Islands. Large dredge, 155- 

 322 m. : 10 specimens, 52-1 10 mm. 



St. 371. 14. iii. 30. I mile E of Montagu Island, South Sandwich Islands. Large otter trawl, 

 with nets (4 mm. and 7 mm. mesh) attached, 99-161 m.: 17 specimens, 65-195 mm. 



St. 456. 18. X. 30. I mile E of Bouvet Island. Large dredge, 40-45 m.: 40 specimens, 90- 

 190 mm. 



St. 474. 12. xi. 30. I mile W of Shag Rocks, South Georgia. Large dredge, 199 m. : 4 specimens, 

 63-70 mm. 



St. 476. 12. xi. 30. I mile N of Shag Rocks, South Georgia, i m. tow-net, oblique, 165 m.: 

 6 specimens, 63-72 mm. 



St. 1873. I3.xi. 36. 61' 20-8' S, 54° 04-2' W. Rectangular dredge, with Russell net, 117 m.: 

 I specimen, 200 mm.; 210-180 m.: 4 specimens, 85-190 mm. 



Fig. 7. Notothenia larseni. x |. 



Depth of body 4^ to 5I in the length, length of head 3I to nearly 4. Snout shorter 

 than eye, diameter of which is 2| to 3J in length of head; interorbital width 11 to 13. 

 Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary extending to or a little beyond vertical from anterior 

 margin of eye; upper surface and sides of head, including snout and praeorbital, 

 scaly in adult, snout and praeorbital often partly or entirely naked in young; 14 to 17 

 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid ; 58 to 65 in a longi- 

 tudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal ; 46 to 58 in upper lateral line, which 

 extends beyond end of dorsal; lower lateral line without tubular scales. Dorsal IV-VI, 

 35-41. Anal 36-40. Pectoral with 23 to 26 rays, about | length of head, a little longer 

 than pelvics, which just reach the anal. Caudal subtruncate or a little rounded ; caudal 

 peduncle about as long as deep. Body with some irregular oblique dark cross-bars, 

 which in the young tend to break up into 3 or 4 series of alternating spots or blotches ; 

 distal part of spinous dorsal with a black blotch ; soft dorsal with oblique dark stripes 

 or series of spots ; anal plain or similarly marked ; caudal often with indistinct dark 

 cross-bars, sometimes dusky distally; pectoral more or less dusky, with pale posterior 

 margin. 



