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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



LIPARIDAE 



Paraliparis gracilis, Norman. 



Paraliparis gracilis, Norman, 1930, Discovery Rep., 11, p. 352, fig. 42. 



St. 39. 25. iii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 179-235 m.: 15 

 specimens, 40-115 mm. 



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

 2 specimens, 103, 115 mm. 



St. WS 32. 2i..xii. 26. Mouth of Drygalski Fjord, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 91-225 m.: 

 2 specimens, 45, 58 mm. 



St. 142. 30. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Net (4 mm. mesh) attached to back 

 of trawl, 88-273 ™-- 5 specimens, 52-95 mm. 



St. 154. 18. i. 27. Jason Harbour to Larsen Point, South Georgia. Net (4 mm. mesh) attached 

 to back of trawl, 6o-i6o m. : 9 specimens, 42-50 mm. 



Depth of body 5 to 5J in the length, length of head 4I to nearly 6. Diameter of eye 

 about 3 in length of head. Dorsal 58-66. Anal 56-63. Pectoral with an upper portion 

 of 10 to 12 rays. 



Fig. 56. Paraliparis gracilis. Holotype. x ij. 



Hob. South Georgia and neighbourhood. 



The holotype of the species, 70 mm. in total length, is from 53° 48' 00" S, 

 35° 37' 3° " ^' 72^ metres. The other Antarctic species are P. antarcticus, Regan 

 [? = P. zvildi, Waite] ; and P. terrae-novae, Regan. I have given a key to these species 

 in my report on the oceanic fishes (1930, i.e., p. 352). 



Careproctus georgianus, Lonnberg. 



Careproctus georgianus, Lonnberg, 1905, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. Siidpol.-Exped., v (6), p. 41, 

 pi. iii, fig. II ; Burke, 1930, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mas., CL, p. 122. 

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

 I specimen, 55 mm. 



St. 142. 30. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Nets (4 mm. and 7 mm. mesh) 

 attached to back of trawl, 88-273 m. : 7 specimens, 27-90 mm. 



St. 144. 5. i. 27. Off mouth of Stromness Harbour, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 155- 

 178 m.: 3 specimens, 12-14 mm. 



Depth of body 4! to about 5 in the length, length of head 4 to 4I. Diameter of eye 

 \ interorbital width, about 4 in length of head. Teeth simple. Gill-opening above 

 base of pectoral. Dorsal 45-52. Anal 42-46. Pectoral with about 30 rays. 



Hab. South Georgia. 



