286 MH C. TATE REGAN oN TUK 



2. PcKjetopsis, gen. iiov. 



Body naked, iiKxlerately elongate; two lateral lines, witliout bony plates. Eye 

 behind middle of length of head ; an antrorse curved spine near end of snout. Teeth 

 in jaws small, sharp, biserial ; lower jaw slightly projecting ; gill-rakers vestigial or 

 absent. Spinous dorsal fin wtdl developed, its l)ase more than \ that of the soft 

 dorsal ; pelvics rather long, the rays bifid or slightly branched. 



Coasts of the Antarctic Continent. 



Pagetopsis tnacroptema. 



Chaiiip^ocephnlus man-dpterux, Bouleng., Nat. Antarctic Expcd. Nat. J/i.<l., ii., Fis/i., p. 3, pi. i. ; 

 ra])pciili(>iiii, Deutsche SMpolar-Kxped , xiii., Zoot., v. [i. 174 (1912). 



Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head 2 J to 2i. Snout nearly | the 

 length of head. Diameter of eye 5 in the length of head, interorbital width 4. 

 Maxillary extending to below anterior \ of eye. 3 or 4 opercular spines, the upper- 

 most with an antrorse hook. Dorsal XII-XV, 28-31. Anal 25-27. Pectoral i?, 

 pelvics f the length of head. Dark spots and vermiculations on head ; irregular 

 double cross-bars on body. 



Victoria Land ; Willielm Ijaud. 



Here described from the types, 160 to 250 mm. in total length, from the stomach 

 of a seal near Cape Armitage, Ross Island. 



3. Ghxnlchthys, Richards., 1844. 

 "Kreliw" and "Terror" Fislt., p. 12; GiiiiUi., (Jut. FUli., ii. p. 249 (1860). 

 Differs from Cliamp.^ocephalus in having a spine on the snout, the teeth in 

 broader bands, and in the bony plates of the lateral line. Dorsal fins separated by an 

 interspace. Gill-rakers short, dentigerous. 

 Kerguelen. 



(l) CJia'iu'cJithi/.'f rhinoccratvs. 



Kichai-ds., t.c, J). \?,, pi. vi. ; Giiutli., Cat. Fisti., ii. p. 249 (18(iO); Pappcnilieim, Deutsche 

 Siijlpolar-Kcped., xiii., Zoot., v. p. 193. 



Depth of body 6 in the length, length of head 21 Snout nearly J the length 

 of head. Diameter of eye 5^ to 6|- in the length of head, interorbital width 5 to 5i. 

 Maxillary extending beyond middle of eye (adult). Head moderately rugose ; supra- 

 orbital edges slightly raised. Dorsal VH, 33-34. Anal 30-33. Second and third 

 rays of spinous dorsal longest, thence decreasing rapidly. 7!) to 84 plates in upper 

 lateral line ; a few plates on middle of side. Brownish, with darker spots and 

 reticulations. 



Description from the type, a specimen of 450 mm. and a second example of 

 175 mm., from Kerguelen. 



