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on head to between anterior border of eyes, the scaly area ending in 

 point midway between them, not extending along upper anterior 

 border of orbits; scales present on whole of cheeks to a point opposite 

 least depth of preorbital; no scales on interopercle; those on space 

 between occiput and dorsal small as are those on interorbital; snout 

 and jaws naked as are hmbs of preopercle; area before and between 

 ventrals scaled. 



Color variegated; body with five irregular bars or Y-shaped sad- 

 dles much broken, a light line along median level of flank, fading into 

 light below; head and dorsal part of body with many small spots as 

 large as scales of greater or less distinctness; an indistinct bar run- 

 ning backward and downward from postero-ventral border of eye, 

 fading distally ; spinous dorsal dusky, a large black spot on last spines ; 

 soft dorsal with narrow semihorizontal stripes most oblique pos- 

 teriorly; tip of each ray clear; pectorals covered proximally with 

 small spots arranged hi transverse rows, these fading on distal part 

 of fin; ventrals sometimes shghtly dusky; anal submargined with 

 dark, with clear base and whitish margin; caudal with narrow irregu- 

 lar transverse bands, darker and wider nearest the tip, and with a 

 clear or white margin. 



Lonnberg (Magalhaenische Sammelreisc, p. 9), remarks: 



Die Farbung dieser Art ist etwas abwechselnd, was wohl mit der Beschaffenheit 

 des Bodens zusaramenhangt. Es linden eich die folgenden Angaben hieriiber auf den 

 Etiketten: "Bauch schmutzig-weisz, Seiten Gelblich, auf den Riicken griinbraune 

 Flecken" (Puerto Bueno); "Hellbraun mit dunkeln Flecken, Bauch goldgelb" 

 (Smyth Channel); " Grau-wasserig mit Schwarzen Flecken" (Port Grappler). 



Notothenia veitcMi Giinther varies greatly in scale count and anal 

 rays ("D. VI, 32; A. 28; L. lat. ca. 88") but Boulenger is here fol- 

 lowed, as the types of the species are presumably in the British 

 Museum and examined by him. There is no doubt that Steindach- 

 iier's specimens of N. acuta are the present form, as the type of that 

 species has larger eyes and a decidedly narrow interorbital space 

 (10 to 11 in head, according to Boulenger, not 5 as given by Stein- 

 dachner for his specimens) . 



Some of the differences between this species and Notothenia longi- 

 cauda are shown in the attached tables, and more are to be found in 

 the coloration. The absence of the scales along the line of the 

 occiput in N. longicauda is a striking difference. 



1 Localities: N. ie.tsfllata: Port Chumica. Straits of MaRcllan, 01-.''>4; Mnyne Harbor. Patagonia, 02-42, 

 02-43, 02-40, 02-41, 01-18, 01-47; Sandy Point, Straits Of Magellan, 02-44. N. longicauda: all from Albatross 

 station 2771, north of Cape Virgins. 



