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the ' Gauss', depth 380 metres, of which 2 examples, 150 and 155 mm. in total length, 

 are in the collection of the British Museum. The ' Aurora ' obtained other examples 

 from off Shackleton Ice-shelf (65° 6' S, 96° 13' E), 600 metres, and off the Western 

 Base (66° 18' S, 94° 58' E), 494 metres. 



Austrolycichthys concolor (Roule & Despax). 



Lycodes concolor, Roule and Despax, 1911, Bull. Mus. Paris, 191 1, No. 5, p. 279; Roule, Angel 



and Despax, 1913, Deux. Exped. Antarct. Franp. (1908-1910), Poiss., p. 19, pi. ii, fig. 3, 



pi. iii, fig. 6. 

 St. 195. 30. iii. 27. Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands. Net (7 mm. mesh) 

 attached to back of trawl, 391 m.: i specimen, 125 mm. 



Depth of body 9I in the length, length of head about 5|. Tail about if times as 

 long as rest of fish. Pores on head large and conspicuous. Diameter of eye nearly 5 

 in length of head, nearly equal to interocular width. Maxillary extending to beyond 

 anterior margin of eye; upper jaw strongly projecting; several rows of small teeth in 

 each jaw ; a small group of teeth on the vomer and a single tooth on each palatine. 

 Gill-opening cleft downward to lower end of base of pectoral. Dorsal with about 

 75 rays, anal with about 70, caudal with about 10; origin of anal a little more than a 

 head-length behind head; pectoral about | length of head. Pale yellowish-brown, the 

 upper parts of the sides irregularly marbled with darker. 



Fig. 54. Austrolycichthys concolor. x |. 



Hab. South Shetlands. 



The above specimen agrees well with the description of the type, which was 175 mm. 

 in total length. I am indebted to Dr C. F. Angel for information concerning the type 

 specimen preserved in the Paris Museum (No. 11 — 99). 



Austrolycichthys bothriocephalus (Pappenheim). 



Lycodes bothriocephalus, Pappenheim, 1912, t.c, p. 178, pi. x, fig. 2. 



Austrolycichthys bothriocephalus, Regan, 1913, t.c, p. 245; Norman, 1937, Rep. B.A.N. Z. 

 Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. 80, fig. 10. 

 Depth of body 11 in the length, length of head a little more than 6. Tail about 

 2 J times rest of fish. Pores on head very large and conspicuous. Diameter of eye about 

 5 in length of head. Maxillary extending to below anterior margin of eye ; jaws level 

 anteriorly; teeth small, in 2 or 3 series anteriorly in both jaws, becoming uniserial 

 laterally ; a small patch of teeth on the vomer and a pair of teeth (placed one behind 

 the other) on each palatine. Gill-opening cleft downward to a little below middle of 

 base of pectoral. Dorsal with about no rays, anal with about 90, caudal with about 10 ; 

 origin of anal about one head-length behind the head; pectoral about | length of head. 

 Brownish, irregularly and faintly variegated with paler; inside of mouth and branchial 

 cavities blackish. 



