58 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



GOUGH ISLAND 

 Examples of only 2 species were obtained from this locality. 



CHILODACTYLIDAE 



Acantholatris monodactylus (Carmichael). 



St. WS 123. 8. vi. 27. Hand line, 47-72 m. : i specimen (head only), no mm. 



BOVICHTHYIDAE 



Bovichtus diacanthus (Carmichael). 



Callionymiis diacanthus, Carmichael, 1818, Trans. Linn. Soc, xii, p. 501, pi. xxvi. 

 Bovichthys diacanthus, Giinther, i860. Cat. Fish., 11, p. 249; Regan, 1913, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 (8) XI, p. 467; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinh., xlix, pp. 239, 256, pi. ix, fig. 5. 

 St. WS 123. 9. vi. 27. Shore collection: 3 specimens, 200-245 mm. 



Originally described from Tristan da Cunha, this species was taken by the ' Scotia ' 

 at Gough Island. Regan has shown that it is distinct from the Chilean form, B. chilensis, 

 Regan. It is represented at the Island of St Paul by a closely related species, B. veneris, 

 Sauvage. 



APPENDIX 



A certain number of flying fishes were obtained by the Expedition, and the specimens 

 are being studied by Dr Anton F. Bruun of the Marinbiologisk Laboratorium, Copen- 

 hagen, who has undertaken a general revision of the Exocoetidae of the Atlantic. He 

 has kindly furnished me with the following identifications of specimens from areas 

 covered by the present report. 



EXOCOETIDAE 

 Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Cuv. and Val.). 



St. 289. 23. viii. 27. 3° 04' 45" N, 16° 52' W. Hand net: 2 specimens, 182, 189 mm. 

 St. 294. 25. viii. 27. 4° 33' 15" N, 16° 52' 45" W. Hand net: i specimen, ca. 163 mm. 



Exocoetus volitans, Linn. 



II. xi. 25. 1° 04' S, 12° 50' W. Flew on board: i specimen, 204 mm. 

 17. iv. 33. 3° 21' S, 8° 37' W. On deck: i specimen, ca. 176 mm. 



Exocoetus obtusirostris, Giinth. 



26. X. 25. 16° 19' N, 18° 24' W. Flew on board: i specimen, ca. 176 mm. 

 25. X. 25. 17° 30' N, 18° 16' W. Flew on board: i specimen, 212 mm. 



Cypsilurus cyanopterus (Cuv. and Val.). 



6. V. 32. 19° 06' S, 38° 39' W. On deck: i specimen, ca. 167 mm. 



Cypsilurus lineatus (Cuv. and Val.). 



24. X. 25. 21° 00' N, 18° 05' W. Flew on board: i specimen, ca. 427 mm. 



