1 88 Southern Cross. 



of head ; interorbital region flat, with a feeble median ridge, its width 

 4^ times in length of head ; maxillary extending to below anterior 

 third or centre of eye ; lower jaw projecting beyond the lower, with a 

 symphysial knob ; upper surface of head naked ; large thin scales on 

 opercle. Gill-rakers long and slender, 23 to 25 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal VI, 37-40 ; the anterior rays of the first 

 division longer than those of the second, i^nal 30-34. Pectoral 

 scarcely longer than ventral, about f length of head. Caudal emargi- 

 nate. Scales 45 or 46 in a longitudinal series, 12 in a transverse 

 series. Silvery, brownish on the back, speckled with blackish. 



Total length, 165 mm. 



This description is based on several specimens, in very bad state 

 of preservation and falling to pieces, obtained on the ice barrier at 

 78*35° S. lat., the farthest point at which fishes have yet been 

 obtained in the Antarctic region. Owing to the condition of the 

 specimens, the figure here given of the entire fish must be regarded 

 as, to some extent, a restoration, which I believe, however, to be 

 correct. 



BLENNIIDAE. 



15. Tripterygium varium, B1. Schn. 

 Auckland Island, 5 fathoms. 



PLEURONECTIDAE. 



16. Rhombosolea tapirina, Gthr. 

 Campbell Island. 



