NO. 1482. ARGENTINA FISHES— EVERMANN AND KENDALL. 105 



Family PINGUIPEDID.E. 



46. PINGUIPES SOMNAMBULA Berg. 

 SALMbN. 



Pinguipes snmnambula Eerg, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, IV (2d ser., I), 

 1895, p. 61, "Mar del Plata, Oceanicus Atiantus coste Provinciee Bonae- 

 rensis." 



One specimen, 24 inches long, which agrees very well with Berg's 

 description. 



Head 3.65 in length without caudal; eye 6.08 in head; snout 2.43; 

 maxillary 2.21; mandible 2.11; D. V, 26, lifth spine longest, 4.56 in 

 head, fourth ray longest, 2.51 in head; A. 24; pectoral 1.69, and ventral 

 1.62 in head; scales 16-102-26. 



Family PERCOPHID^. 



47. PERCOPHIS BRASILIENSIS Quoy and Gaimard. 

 CONGRIO REAL. 



Percophis brasiUensis Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., p. 351, 1824, 

 Bresil. — Berg, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, IV (2d ser., I), 1895, 

 p. 63 (coast of Patagonia; Bahia Blanca; Mar del Plata; Montevideo; 

 Maldonado). 



Percophis fabre Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., 1824, Atlas, pi. liii, fig. 1. 



Percophis brasiliamis, Jenyns, Zool. Voy. Beagle, Pt. 4, Fish, 1842, p. 23 

 (" Northern Patagonia, Maldonado " ). — Perugia, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 

 Genova, 2d ser., X (XXX), 1890-91, p. 616 ("Rio della Plata").— Gun- 

 THER, Challenger Rept., Zool., I, 1880, p. 13 (Mouth of the Rio de la Plata, 

 21 fathoms). 



According to Berg this fish is common during the winter months, 

 attaining a length of 70 cm. We have 2 specimens about 16 and 24 

 inches long, presenting the following proportional measurements 

 respectively : 



Head 4.05 and 4.16 in length without caudal; eye 9.1 and 9.35 in 

 head and longer than interorbital width in one and 1.21 in this width 

 in the other; snout 3.65 and 3.74 in head; maxillary 1.93 and 1.83; D. 

 IX-31, the longest spine 2.67 and 3.27 in head; A. 40 and 37, 



Family TETRAODONTID.F.. 



48. LAGOCEPHALUS LiEVIGATUS (Linnaeus). 



Tetraodon Iwvigatus Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1766, p. 411, Charleston, 

 S. C— Perugia, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 2d ser., X (XXX), 

 1890-91, p. 657 (Montevideo). 



Lagocephalus Uevigatus, Berg, Anal. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, IV (2d ser., I), 

 1895, p. 82 (Montevideo; Maldonado). 



According to Berg, the most southern point f i-om which this species 

 has been obtained is Montevideo, where many, from 25 to 30 cm. in 



