l6 EINAR LÖNNBERG, (Schwed. Südpolar-Exp. 



without caudal. Its width at preopercles about V3 of its length. Interorbital width 

 7 to nearly S times in length of head. Diameter of eye about 4 (in young 33,4) 

 times in length of head. Snout about equal to eye, in young specimens a little 

 shorter, in old, perhaps, a little longer. Cheeks, opercles, occipital and interorbital 

 regions scaly, snout and preorbital naked. Posterior end of maxillary reaching to 

 below anterior third of eye. Gili-rakers comparatively long, 14 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Caudal peduncle deeper than long, its depth being contained about 

 4 times in length of head. Pectorals rounded, a little shorter than head, extending 

 a good deal beyond origin of anal. Ventrals short not reaching vent, half as long 

 as head in adult specimens, 3/- or even a little more in young specimens, rhomboidal 

 or somewhat elliptic in shape but always blunt at the tip. First dorsal usually with 

 7 spines but the hindmost is often very small. Caudal truncate rounded above and 

 below, its length is about 5/5 of the length of head. Scales rather small but not 

 densely set, very little imbricate, usually about "jj in a longitudinal series above 

 the upper lateral line. The scales are not sharp to the touch nor are any spinelets 

 visible on most scales under the magnifying lens so that they cannot be called 

 ctenoid but pseudocycloid. Upper lateral line with about 42 to 46 tubular scales, 

 lower lateral line with 3 to 10 tubular scales behind and in front of them a shorter 

 or longer series of pitted scales. Irregular dark spots on the sides form 5 — 6 cross 

 bands which may be divided each in 2 or 3 spots. Second dorsal with oblique longi- 

 tudinal narrow bands of small dark spots on the rays. 



From Nototlienia tessellata RICHARDSON and allies this species differs through 

 its narrow interorbital region and different scales. From N. lotigipes it difters through 

 the shortness of the ventral fins and the absence of ctenoid spinelets on most scales. 

 N. hrcvipes has also, as a rule, one spine more in the first dorsal than maximum 

 in A'", loiigipes, but several 3 to 5 rays less in second dorsal than minimum in ^V. 

 loiigipcs. 



6. Pseudaphritis gobio (GÜNTHER). 



I specimen from stat. 59, lat. 53 45' S.; long. 61° 10' W. (Burdwood Bank), 

 depth 137 — 150 m., shells, gravel and stones, temperature at a depth of 130 m. 

 + 3,20° C. 1 2th of September 1902. 



The localit)- recorded above is, as it seems, the most south-eastern at which this 

 fish hitherto has been found, but I cannot see any remarkable difference between 

 the present specimen and such from other localities. It is, however, rather small not 

 measuring more than about 6 cm. in total length. The species is recorded by 

 Günther from the Falklands and the fauna of the Burdwood Bank is no doubt to 

 a great extent the same as that of the Falklands. 



