DISTRIBUTION AND GENERAL NOTES ON THE SPECIES 



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Fie ,2 Distribution of Agonopsis chiloensis: positive records only, roughly contoured to show their localization in differerit 

 seLns'. oLonds, springfcircles, summer ; triangles, autumn ; squares, winter. Solid symbols represent captures m Trawl + 

 accessory nets'; cross symbols with 'Other gear'. 



LIPARIDAE 



Careproctus falklandica (Lonnberg). Six specimens of this fish were trawled at St. WS89 off Cape 

 Virgins in April 1927. It was previously known only from the Falkland Islands and the Burdwood 

 Bank. This suggests a distribution similar to that of Neophrynkhthys, which it resembles m havmg a 

 soft and gelatinous body. Its colour in life was pale orange. 



Unidentified liparids were obtained at two stations in the Magellan Strait, outside the area of the 



trawling surveys. 



BOTHIDAE 



Thysanopsetta naresi Gunther. This small flatfish, resembling the 'scald-fish', Arnoglossus laterna 

 (Walbaum), of British seas, was the only member of the family at all numerous m catches obtamed 

 during the trawling surveys. Its small size renders it unsuitable for human consumption, the largest 



