6 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



MURAENOLEPIDAE 



Muraenolepis microps, Lonnberg. 



Muraetwlepis jnarmoratus microps, Lonnberg, 1905, Wiss. Ergebn. Schioed. Si'idpol.-Exped., v 



(6), p. 43- 

 Muraenolepis microps, Regan, 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. {'Terra Nova') Exped. 1910, Zool., i 

 (i), p. I, pi. ii, fig. 2; Norman, 1937, Discovery Rep., xvi, p. 58. 

 St. MS 10. 14. ii. 25. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-iSm.: 

 I specimen, no mm. 



St. MS — . 28. ix. 25. Grytviken, South Georgia. From kelp root. 2 specimens, 50, 52 mm. 

 St. MS 68. 2. iii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large rectangular net, 220-247 m.: 



1 specimen, 285 mm. 



St. 39. 25. iii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 179-235 m.: 4 

 specimens, 105-260 mm. 



St. 42. I. iv. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 120-204 m. : 



2 specimens, 130, 158 mm. 



St. 45. 6. iv. 26. 2-7 miles S 85° E of Jason Light, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 270- 

 238 m.: 6 specimens, 150-335 mm. 



St. 46. 6. iv. 26. 51° 13' 00" S, 49° 50' 00" W. Large otter trawl, 270-238 m.: i specimen, 

 305 mm. 



St. 123. 15. xii. 26. Off mouth of Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 230- 

 250 m.: 4 specimens, 248-300 mm. 



St. WS 25. 17. xii. 26. Undine Harbour (North), South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 18-27 "i-- 

 I specimen, 50 mm. 



St. 140. 23. xii. 26. Stromness Harbour to Larsen Point, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 

 122-136 m.: I specimen, 120 mm. 



St. 142. 30. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 88-273 m.: 

 I specimen, 142 mm. 



St. 148. 9.1.27. Off Cape Saunders, South Georgia. Largeotter trawl, 132-148 m.: 2 specimens, 

 235, 290 mm. 



St. WS 424. 14. iv. 29. 54° 34' 00" S, 38 ' 49' 00" W. I m. tow-net, oblique, 95-0 m.: i specimen, 



39 mm. 



St. — . 29.1.35. Grytviken, South Georgia. Large gauze fish trap, i specimen, 320 mm. 



St. 1660. 27. i. 36. 74° 46-4' S, 178" 23-4' E. Large otter trawl, 351 m.: i specimen, 220 mm. 



Depth of body 4I to 6 in the length, length of head 4I to $\. Snout i\ times to 

 twice as long as eye, diameter of which is 4 (young) to 6 in length of head, equal to or 

 less than interocular width, and greater than interorbital width. Barbel i or ^ length 

 of head. Maxillary extending to below anterior part of eye in young, to middle of eye 

 or beyond in larger specimens. Dorsal filament varying from f to about twice diameter 

 of eye, inserted above or a little behind base of pectoral. Origin of anal only a little 

 nearer to end of snout than to base of caudal. Length of pectoral \ to f, of pelvic | 

 to I that of head ; pelvic inserted well in advance of base of pectoral. Uniformly greyish 

 or brownish. 



Hab. Burdwood Bank, south of the Falkland Islands ; South Georgia ; South Sand- 

 wich Islands; South Victoria Land. 



This species was originally described from 4 specimens, 140 to 335 mm. in total 

 length, from Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, at depths of 20 to 100 metres. 



