ZOARCIDAE 8s 



Hab. Enderby Land ; Wilhelm Land. 



The type of the species, i8i mm. in total length, was from the Winter Station of the 



' Gauss ', depth 380 metres. The above description is based upon another specimen, 



114 mm. long, obtained by the B.A.N. Z. Antarctic Research Expedition off Enderby 



Land (66° 12' S, 49° 37' E), at a depth of 300 metres, which appears to belong to 



Pappenheim's species. 



Genus MELANOSTIGMA 



Melanostigma, Giinther, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 21; Regan, 1913, t.c, p. 248; Norman, 1937, 

 Discovery Rep., xvi, p. 109. Type Melanostigma gelatinosum, Giinther. 



Form elongate, compressed; body naked. Mouth terminal; teeth uniserial in both 

 jaws and on vomer and palatines. Gill-opening small, above base of pectoral. Origin 

 of dorsal fin just behind head ; no pelvic fins. 



Several species from deep water in the Atlantic and Pacific ; one from the Subantarctic 

 and Antarctic Zones. 



Melanostigma gelatinosum, Giinther. 



Melanostigma gelatinosum, Giinther, 1881, t.c, p. 21, pi. ii, fig. A; Regan, 1913, t.c., p. 248; 

 Norman, 1937, t.c, p. 109. 

 St. 1082. 29. xii. 32. 53' 44' S, 38° 30-9' W. I m. tow-net, oblique, 290-120 m.: i specimen, 

 205 mm. 



Depth of body 7 to 10 in the length, length of head 6. Diameter of eye 3^ to 4 in 

 length of head, interorbital width 8 to about 12. Mouth oblique; maxillary extending 

 to below middle of eye. Origin of anal a head-length behind head; pectoral nearly 

 \ length of head. Pale yellowish-brown, the sides in young spotted and marbled with 

 purplish-grey ; end of tail blackish ; inside of mouth and gill-openings black. 



Fig. 55. Melanostigma gelatinosum. x |. 



Hab. Straits of Magellan ; north-west of South Georgia. 



The type of the species, 140 mm. in total length, was captured at a depth of about 



45 metres. This represents one of the very few species found both in the Antarctic and 



Subantarctic Zones. 



CONGIOPODIDAE 



Zanclorhynchus spinifer, Giinther. 



Zanclorhynchus spinifer, Giinther, 1880, Shore Fish. 'Challenger', p. 15, pi. viii, fig. A; Waite, 

 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, in (i), Fishes, p. 72; Norman, 1937, 

 Rep. B.A.N.Z. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. 59, fig. 4. 



Hab. Kerguelen ; Macquarie Island. 



The type of the species from Kerguelen is 90 mm. in total length. Waite recorded 

 two specimens (202 and 238 mm.) from Macquarie Island, and the B.A.N.Z. Antarctic 

 Research Expedition obtained 7 specimens (50 to 175 mm.). 



