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6. Artedidraco, honnherg, li)05. 

 Swedifih South Polar Exped., Fish., p. 39. 



Differs from Nototlienid in the naked body, the absence of the lower lateral line, 

 the jJresence of a mental barl)el, the broad union of the gill-membranes to the isthmus, 

 and the hooked operculum. 



Coasts of the Antarctic Continent and South Georgia. 



( 1 ) A ytedidraco mirus. 

 Liimiberg, t.r., ]>. 40, pi. i. fig. t and ])1. iv. fig. 14. 

 Barbel club-shaped in the male. Depth of body 4 in the length, length of head 

 2| to 2|. Diameter of eye 3^ to 4 in the length of head ; interorbital width 7i to 8|. 

 Dorsal III, 23-24. Anal 17. 

 Length of types 40 to 92 mm. 

 South Georgia. 



(2) Artt'didraco skottsbenji. 



Luniilierg, /.(•., p. 48, j)l. ii. tig. 7, pi. iv. fig. 15; Viiillant, £*,;/)«/. Antarcf. Fraiii-aise, Poiifs., 

 p. 46 (1906). 



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



in the length of head, interorbital width 9 or 10. Dorsal III, 24-25. Anal 18-19. 



Graham Land, 125 m. 



Length of type 57 mm. 



(3) Artedidraco shackletoni. 



Wailc, Jlrit. Antarctic Exped., Fish., p. 15, pi. ii. (1911). 

 Depth of body 4 in the length, length of head about 3. Diameter of eye 3'i in the 

 length of head, interorbital width 10. Dorsal V, 27. Anal 20. 

 Length of type 146 mm. 

 Victoria Land ; off Cape Royils, Ross Island, 30 to 80 fathoms. 



7. Ilarpagifer, Ft^ichiii'ch., lcS44. 

 ^^ Frehus" and " Terror" Fish., p. 11. 



Differs from Artedidraco in the absence of the mental barbel and the development 

 of the operculum and subopei'culum as strong spines. 

 Patagonia to Graham Land and Kerguelen. 



Ihtrpagifer hispinis. 

 Batraclms tnfpinis (Callionymus bispinus, Forster), Sehneid., Jilor/i\t Sysf. Ichth., p. 45 (1801). 

 liarjMgifer Inspinis, Kichards., t.c, pp. 1 1, 19, pis. vii. figs. 1-3, xii. figs. 8-9 ; Gunth., Cat. Fish., 



p. 263 (1860); Smitt, Bihang Svensk. Vet.-Akad. HandL, .\.\iv., 1898, iv., No. 5, p. 17; 



Vaillant, Rrped. Antarcf. Frarigaise, Poiss., p. 44 (1906) ; l'a]ipeiilie.ini, Deutsche Siidpolar- 



Kxped., xiii., Zool., v. p. 177 (1912). 

 Harpagifer palliolatus, Richards., i.e., p 20, pi. .xii. figs. 5-7. 



Dorsal Ill-V, 21-25. Anal 16-20. Coloration variable, usually with bars or 

 blotches. 



