260 TRACniNIDJS. 



21. PSEUDOPLESIOPS. 



Pseudoplesiops, Blceker, Goram, p. 215. 



Head and body rather compressed, oblong ; jaws equal anteriorly ; 

 eye lateral. Scales of moderate size, cycloid ; lateral lino internipted. 

 One dorsal, Avithout spines ; ventrals jugular, without spine. Jaws 

 and vomer with a band of teeth, the former with canines ; palatine 

 bones toothless. Praeoperculum entire. Sixbranchiostegals; pseudo- 

 branchia3 present. 



East Indian Archipelago. 



1. Pseudoplesiops typus. 



Sleeker, Goram, p. 217. 



B. 6. D. 25. A. 16. V. 5. L. lat. 36. 



The height of the body is Sj in the total length (without caudal). 

 The upper maxillary reaches to below the middle of the eye. Four 

 series of scales on the cheek. The two outer rays of the ventral 

 elongate and fUiforni. Yellowish. (Bl.) 



Sea of Goram. 



22. NOTOTHENIA*. 



Notothenia, Richards. Voy. Ereb. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 5. 



Body more or less elongate, slightly compressed posteriorly, rounded 

 anteriorly, with the head depressed; cleft of the mouth slightly 

 oblique, with the lower jaw longest; eye directed upwards. Scales 

 rather small, ciliated ; lateral line interrupted. Two dorsals, the 

 first sepai'ated from the second by a very deep notch, with the spines 

 flexible (in one species stiff) ; ventrals jugular ; the lower pectoral 

 rays branched. In both the jaws cardiform or viEiforra teeth ; pa- 

 late smooth. Operculum with two obtuse points ; praeoperculum 

 entire. Six branchiostegals ; the gUl-membranes joined inferiorly ; 

 pseudobranchiae. Air-bladder none ; pyloric appendages in smaU 

 number. 



Antarctic Seas ; Falkland, Auckland, and Kerguelen's Islands. 

 New Zealand. — Antipodes of Cottus. 



1. Notothenia tessellata. 



Richards. Voy. Ereb. Sf Terr. Fishes, p. 19. pi. 12. f. 2, 3. 

 D. 6 I 33-34. A. 33. L. lat. 66-70. 

 The length of the head is one-fourth of the total, the height of 

 the body one-sixth. The upper surface of the head covered with 



*t 1 . Notothenia phocw, Bichards. I. c. p. 8. — Antarctic Glacial Ocean. 



2. Gadus magellanicus, {Forsf.) Bl. Srhn. p. 10; Notothenia magellanica, 

 Bichards. I. c. p. 9. — Terra del Fuego. 



