NO. 2133. FISHES TAKEN BY "ALSATROSS/' 1S8S— THOMPSON. 425 



characters. No other specimens are known as far as can be ascer- 

 tamed. 



Dorsal rays, 65; anal, 54; scales, 78 m lateral line, 26 in obhque 

 series above lateral line at deepest part of body, 32 below; head, 0.31 

 of body length to base of caudal; depth, 0.39; eye (longitudinal 

 diameter of the upper), 0.09; snout (from lo%ver eye), 0.06; maxiUary 

 length, 0.13; pectoral length on eyed side, 0.17, on blind, 0.11; depth 

 of caudal peduncle, 0.095; gill rakers, 4+11. 



The presence of this species has now been recorded in Smyth 

 Channel by Lonnberg ^ in corroboration of Giinther's record. 



18. GOBIESOX MASMORATUS Jenyns. 



Three specimens from Port Otway, Patagonia. 



19. SALILOTA AUSTRALIS (Gunther). 



Ealoporphyrus ausiraUs Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol 11, 1878, p. 19. 

 One specimen 20 cm. long from Sandy Point, Straits of Magellan. 

 D. 9,56; A. 57; depth, 4r| in total length; maxiUary ending under 

 posterior third of eye. Also six specimens from Otter Bay, Smyth 

 Channel. These show the number of rays in the first dorsal either 

 10 or 11, as given by Smitt.^ An unsealed circular pit is present 

 between the ventral bases. 



20. LOTELLA MARGINATA Gunther. 



Two small specimens from Albatross station 2783, in 122 fathoms, 

 between Hanover Island and the mainland. Dorsal rays, 8, 60; 

 anal, 59. 



Genus NOTOTHENIA Richardson. 



Notothenia Richardson, Voyage of 11. M. S. Erebus and Terror, Ichthyology, 

 1846, p. 5 {type, N. coriiccps Ricliardson). — Eoulengeu, Southern Cross, 

 1902, p. 182. 



This is one of the largest and the most characteristic of the genera 

 inhabiting the waters near Cape Horn. The identification of the 

 species has been very difiicult because of the lack of careful de- 

 scriptions and because of the application of varying conceptions of 

 species. The genus is here limited as by Boulenger,^ and a thorough 

 revision is undertaken of those species found in the waters of the 

 Falkland Islands and along the coasts of the South American con- 

 tinent. After the revision was completed the monograph by Regan* 

 came to hand. The conclusion there reached for the majority of 

 the species is the same that had been tentatively reached by the 

 author from an inspection of the literature, namely, that the species 



1 Magalhaenische Sammelreise, 1907, p. 14. 



2 Poiss. Exped. Scient. Terre Feu., Bih. K. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl., vol. 24, Afd. .")."), No. 5, 1S98, p. 37. 



3 Southern Cross, p. 182. 



* Scottish Antarctic Expedition. 



