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specimen figured by Giinther,^ in having the fins much lower and the 

 eye tentacle very small. Other smaller differences may be seen 

 from the following data, but it is apparent that these are not specific 

 in character. 



Head, 2 J to 2^ in length to base of caudal; depth, 4^ to 4J; eye, 

 5 or 6 in head; maxiUary, 2^10 to 2J; snout 3| to 3f ; interorbital space, 

 14 to 16 in head; dorsal rays VII, 22 or 23; anal, 20 or 21; scales in 

 lateral line, 64 to 66; spinous dorsal when supine barely extending 

 beyond first ray; longest spine and longest rays subequal, about 

 equahng length of snout in longest specimens; maxillary reaching to 

 or shghtly beyond posterior border of eye; color light, with irregular 

 darker saddles below last spines of dorsal, below sixth, seventh, and 

 eighth rays, and below last nine rays; fins irregularly spotted, ten- 

 tacles above eyes tipped with black. 



14. HARPAGIFER BISPINIS (Forster). 



Numerous specimens of this weU-known form from Sandy Point, 

 Laredo Bay, and Albatross station 2775, between Cape Virgins and 

 First Narrows of the Straits of Magellan. The coloration of the 

 second dorsal varies widely, but aU intergradations are present 

 between fins uniformly dark and those with narrow dark bands. In 

 the young (30 mm.) the transverse bands are almost absent. In 

 the adidts the dorsal surface of the head is occasionally thickly 

 papillate or roughened. 



15. ELEGINOPS MACLOVINA (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Sandy Point, Straits of Magellan. 



16. THYRSITES ATUN (Euphrasen). 



Numerous specimens from Port Otway, Patagonia. There are 

 sometimes 6, sometimes 7 finlets in the dorsal and anal. 



17. HIPPOGLOSSINA MACROPS Steindachner. 



One specimen 180 mm. in total length from station 2787, near 

 Taitao Peninsula, Chile, in 61 fathoms. This corresponds remark- 

 ably well with Steindachner' s description, excepting in the fact that 

 only the last four or five rays in the dorsal and anal are divided. 

 Tlie original description states that 14 or 15 are thus distinguished. 

 The scales on the bhnd side are ctenoid as far forward as the tip of 

 the pectoral and not only in the posterior third of the body, as 

 stated. Steindachner states that the eyes are on the left side as 

 they are in ours, but his plate of the species shows them on the 

 right. The spots on the body arc occelated indistinctly. 



No differences are evident between this specimen and one from 

 Valparaiso, Chile, collected by Admiral Beardslee, even in the above 



» Plate 9, Challenger Shore Fishes. 



