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length of head; interorbital width about i6. Muciferous channels of sides of head and 

 lower jaw with large pores. Teeth in jaws rather slender and obtuse, uniserial, biserial 

 near symphysis of lower jaw; teeth on palate acute, wide-set. About no rays in dorsal 

 fin, 9 in caudal, 103 in anal ; origin of anal at a distance behind head equal to the length 

 of the latter, 1 as distant from vertical through origin of dorsal as from that through 



base of pectoral; pectoral a little more than 

 darker ; fins brownish grey. 



as long as head. Bluish-grey; head 



Fig. 52. Lycenchelys antarcticus. Holotype. xi. 



Hab. Near the South Orkneys. 



The type of the species, 128 mm. in total length, was obtained by the 'Scotia' at 

 Station 313 (62° 10' S, 41° 20' W), at a depth of 3225 metres. The specimen is pre- 

 served in the Royal Scottish Museum (Bruce collection), and I am indebted to the 

 authorities of the museum for the loan of this fish for examination. 



Genus LYCODICHTHYS 



Lj;co&/?%^, • Pappenheim, 191 1, Sitzungsh. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, p. 382; 1912, Deutsche 

 Sudpol.-Exped., xni, Zool. v, p. 180; Regan, 1913, t.c, p. 244. Type Lycodichthys antarcti- 

 cus, Pappenheim. 

 Form moderately elongate; body with rounded scales embedded in the skin. Upper 

 jaw projecting; mouth large, with wide lateral cleft; teeth conical, uniserial; anterior 

 pair in upper jaw enlarged; lateral teeth of lower jaw spaced, canine-like; palate tooth- 

 less. Gill-opening rather wide, cleft downward almost to lower end of base of pectoral. 

 Origin of dorsal fin just behind head, above anterior part of pectoral ; pelvic fins present. 

 A single species from the coasts of the Antarctic Continent. 



Lycodichthys antarcticus, Pappenheim. 



Lycodichthys antarcticus, Pappenheim, 191 1, t.c, p. 383; 1912, t.c, p. 180, pi. ix, fig. 6, pi. x, 



fig. 4; Regan, 1913, t.c, p. 244; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, 



ni (i). Fishes, p. 14. 



Depth of body 8 or 9 in the length, length of head 5 to 5*. Diameter of eye 5 to 6 



in length of head. Maxillary extending to below posterior margin of eye or a little 



beyond. Dorsal with 85 to 90 rays, anal with about 65, caudal with about 10; origin of 



anal i to i\ head-lengths behind head; pectoral I length of head. Yellowish brown; 



head, body and fins spotted or marbled with darker brown. 



Fig. 53. Lycodichthys antarcticus. 



