FISHES COLLECTED BY THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF 

 FISHERIES STEAMER "ALBATROSS" DURING 1888, 

 BETWEEN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, AND TOME, CHILE, 

 ON THE VOYAGE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF 

 I^IAGELLAN. 



By Will F. Thompson, 



Of Stanford Univrrsif;/, California. 



The LTnitcd States Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross during 

 1887-88 passed by way of the Straits of Magellan from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific, collecting at various points en route. The present 

 paper deals with those fishes collected between Montevideo, Uru- 

 guay, and Tome, Chile, the latter situated near the last dredging 

 station included, at 38° 08' 00" south latitude. Although the col- 

 lection has remained untouched for such a long period of time, 

 there is a great deal of interesting material included, with some new 

 species, and pains have been taken to give as full notes as possible 

 on the many poorly known forms. A thorough revision of the 

 species of the genus Notothenia is given, with the hope that it will 

 prove more satisfactory than its predecessors. 



The WTiter is imder the greatest obligations to Dr. C. 11. Gilbert 

 for much aid given by him during the preparation of the paper. 

 The Macrourids had been previously examined by Doctor Gilbert 

 and the new species are accredited jointly to him and to the author. 



The drawings are by Mr. W. S. Atkinson. 



The following data are taken from the list of the dredging and 

 trawling stations of the fisheries steamer Albatross, published by the 

 United States Bureau of Fisheries. For further information con- 

 cerning the character of the bottom and either surface or bottom 

 temperature, that list ^ may be consulted. 



1 U. S. Fish Commission Report for 3900, pp. 387 to 562. 



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