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guished b)' the larger number of fin rays especially in the anal. The height of the 

 first dorsal is also greater, in the smallest specimens equal to ',2, in the adult to "ji 

 of the length of the head. 



7. Notothenia gibberifrons n. sp. 



(PI. in Fig. 10.) 



Numerous young specimens from stat. 20, Antarctic Bay (just outside the gla- 

 cier), South Georgia, depth 250, small stones. 6th of May 1902. 



Numerous specimens from stat. 22, Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, depth 75 

 m., clay and some algœ, temperature + 1,5' C. 14th of May 1902. 



I specimen from stat. 23 outside the mouth of the Moraine-fjord, Cumberland 

 Bay, South Georgia, depth 64 — 74 m., grey clay with stones and gravel, tempera- 

 ture -f 1,65° C. i6th of May 1902. 



1 specimen, outside Boiler Harbour, Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, depth 

 30 m., caught on long-lines. 19th of May 1902. 



2 specimens from Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, depth 100 m., clay, caught 

 on long-lines. 20th of May 1902. 



2 specimens from stat. 34 outside Cumberland Bay, depth 252 — 310 m., grey 

 clay and a few stones, temperature + 1,45° C. 5th of June 1902. 



I specimen from stat. 37, Boiler Harbour, Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, 

 depth 20 m., mud. 14th of June 1902. 



D. VII, 31-32. A. 31-33. Sq. 68-75. 



Head and anterior part of body depressed, postanal portion longish, fusiform. 

 Snout and ocular region of head compressed with rather steep profile contour of 

 eyes. Depth of body 5 to 5V3 in larger, about 6 times in younger specimens in 

 total length without caudal. Length of head 3V4 to 3^/9 times in total length with- 

 out caudal. Diameter of eye in large specimens 4V4 times, in small about 3 times 

 in length of head. Snout about equal to diameter of eye. Interorbital width very 

 narrow, about 12 to i2'/2 times in length of head. Posterior end of maxillary not 

 reaching the vertical through the anterior margin of the eye except in quite small 

 specimens. Lower jaw not projecting. Upper and lateral surfaces of head densely 

 covered with sharply ctenoid scales with the exception of the praeorbital region and 

 the lip. On the snout the scales extend on either side in front of nostrils but leave 

 a bare spot anteriorly in the middle. Longest spines of first dorsal subequal to 

 longest rays of second dorsal and about half as long as head. Pectoral truncate, 

 rounded below, in adult specimens +,5 of length of head, in smaller specimens still 

 longer, almost as long as head and always reaching a good deal beyond origin of 



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