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(6) Notothenia hrevicauda. 



Lonnberg, Swedish South Polar Exped., Fish., p. 6, pi. v. fig. 16 (1905). 



Depth of body 4i to 5 in the length of the fish, length of head 3j to 4. Diameter 

 of eye 4 to 4-^ in the length of head, interorbital width 7 or 8. Maxillary extending 

 to below anterior ^ of eye ; cheeks, opercles, and upper surface of head, except snout, 

 scaly; 16 to 19 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal V (VI), 35-37. 

 Anal 32-35. Pectoral f to f the length of head ; pelvics as long or a little longer, 

 extending to the anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle I to f as long as deep, its 

 least depth about j^ the length of head. 60 to 70 scales in a longitudinal series from 

 above base of pectoral to caudal fin, 44 to 50 in upper lateral line, which ends 2 to 4 

 scales in front of the caudal, 4 to 12 in lower lateral line. Body with irregular dark 

 cross-bars ; pectorals yellow ; pelvics, anal, spinous dorsal, and base of soft dorsal dusky. 



Magellan Straits ; Falkland Islands. 



Twelve specimens, 90 to 180 mm. in total length, including examples from Port 

 Stanley (June 1903, 9-10 fathoms) and from Port William, Falkland Islands (January 

 1903, 6 fathoms). Lonnberg's type, a specimen of 120 mm., came from Tierra del 

 Fuego, and there are examples from that locality in the British Museum. 



(7) Notothenia longipes. 



Steind., Sitzunijsb. Akad. Wien, Ixxii., 1876, p. 70, pi. vi. tig. 7; Giinth., ^^ Challenger" Shore 

 Fish., p. 21 (1880). 



Depth of body 5.1 to 6.V in the length, length of head 3^ to 3|. Diameter of eye 



3 to 3^ in the length of head, interorbital width 7 or 8. Maxillary extending to below 

 anterior ^ of eye ; upper surface and sides of head, except snout and praeorbital, scaly ; 

 14 or 15 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal V-VI, 34-35. Anal 32-34. 

 Pectoral | to | the length of head, somewhat shorter than pelvics, which reach the anal. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle | to f as long as deep, its least depth from ^ to -f- 

 the length of head. 62 to 70 scales in a longitudinal series, 46 to 55 in upper lateral 

 line, which almost reaches caudal, 6 to 1 3 in lower lateral line. Body with irregular 

 brownish cross-bars. 



Patagonia and Magellan Straits. 



Here described from four examples, 130 to 180 mm. in total length. 



(8) Notothenia sima. 



Richards., ''Erebus" and " Terror" Fish., p. 19, pi. xi. fig. 1 (1845) ; Gunth., Cat. Fish., ii., p. 262 (1860). 

 Notothenia squamiceps, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berlin, 1876, p. 837. 



,, karlandrex, Lonnberg, Sioedish South Polar Exped., Fish., p. 14, pi. iv. fig. 13 (1905). 



Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head 3j to 3|. Diameter of eye 



4 to 5 in the length of head, interorbital width 6 to 8. Maxillary extending to below 

 anterior part or middle of eye ; occiput, interorbital region, cheeks, and opercles scaly ; 



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