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3. Bovichthys, Cuv. and Val., 1831. 

 Hist, Nat. Poiss., viii. p. 486. 



Differs from Cottoperca in the naked head and body, the abnormal operculum, 

 which has a very strong spine and a superior process which articulates with the post- 

 temporal, and in the enlarged and partly free posterior anal rays. 



Fig. 5. — Distribution of Bovichthys and Trcmatomus, respectively the nortlienimost and southernmost Nototheiiiiforin gcuera. 



B = Bovi-;hthys. 1. B. varierjaias ; 2. B. angustifrons ; 3. B. diacanthus ; 4. B. chiknsls ; ia. B. sp. ; 5. B. veneris; 



6. B. dccipicns ; 7. B. psychrolutes ; 8. B. roseopiclus, 



T = Trcmatomus. 1. T. neiimesii ; 2. T.nicolai; 3. T. borchgrcvinkii ; 4. T. brachi/soma ; 5. T.vicanus; 6. T.bernacchii; 



7. T.hansoni; 8. T. loennbcrgii. 



Note that in Bnvii-hlhys none, in Trcmatomns most, of the species appear to be circunipolar. 



Chile ; Argentina ; Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island ; St Paul ; S.E. Australia 

 and Tasmania ; New Zealand and neighbouring islands. 



