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8 "TERRA NOVA' EXPEDITION. 



Here described from 18 examples, up to 120 mm. in total length, from the 

 entrance to McMurdo Sound, 76 56' S., 164 L 2' E., 160 fathoms ; 77 L3' S., 164 is' 

 E., 207 fathoms; anil oli' Granite Harbour, 50 fathoms. The species was known 

 previously from < rraham Land. 



15. Artedidraco s/iackletoni, Waite. 



Artedidraco shackletoni, Waite, Brit. Antarctic Exped. Fish, p. L5, pi. n (1911). 



Depth of body 4 in the length, length of bead 2f to 2%. Diameter of eye 

 :!.V to 34 i" length of head, interorbital width about 14. Maxillary extending to 

 below middle of eve. Barbel smooth, tapering, !, to | (J) length of head. Seven 

 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal iv(v) 27-28; middle soft rays 

 longest. Anal 1 '.1 (20). Pectoral with (15) 16 17 rays, f length of head, extending 

 to vent or origin of anal ; pelvics shorter, not reaching vent. Caudal subtruncate. 

 Uniform or finely speckled; caudal and pectorals spotted. 



Here described from two examples. L32 and L42 mm. in total length, from 

 the entrance to McMurdo Sound, 77 13' S., 164° IS' E., 207 fathoms, and 76' 56' S., 

 1(14° 12' E., 160 fathoms. The tvpe, 146 mm. in total length, from off Cape Royds 

 at a depth of 30 to so fathoms, had v, 27 dorsal and 20 anal rays. It had the 

 barbel a little longer (slightly more than \- the length of head), the spinous dorsal 

 less, and the soft dorsal somewhat more elevated than in the specimens here 

 described, but these differences are well within the limit of variation as shown by 

 other species. 



16. Artedidraco loennbergii, Roule (PI. v, fig. 2). 



Artedidraco mirus (part) Lonnberg, Swedish South Polar Exped. Fish. ]>. In. pi. 1, f. 4 (100.")). 

 Artedidraco loennbergii, Roule, Deuxieme Exped. Antarct. Franc. Poiss. p. 13, pi. iv, £. I 

 (1913). 



Depth of body 5 to 6 in the length, length of head 2| to :;',. Diameter of 

 eye '■'> to :\\ in length of head : interorbital space very narrow. Maxillary extending 

 to below anterior } of eye. Barbel simple, or slightly fringed distally, I to J- length 

 of head. Six or seven gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal 11 in, 26 28. 

 Anal is 21. Soft dorsal and anal usually highesl posteriorly. Pectoral with II to 

 Id rays, ;-; to -. length of head, reaching anal in young, bur not in adult : pelvics 

 reaching venl in young, but not in adult. Caudal slightly emarginate. A series of 

 dark blotches at base of dorsal tin and sometimes at base of anal : a dark lateral band, 

 made up of irregular spots, from eve to caudal fin ; pale bands above and below it 

 are continued along the upper and lower margins of the caudal fin : dorsal and middle 

 of caudal with spots on the rays ; pectorals usually barred. 



Previously known from South Georgia and from Graham Land: here described 

 from twenty-two examples measuring up to 110 mm. in total length from: Loss 

 Sea. 7t 25' S., 17!) 3' E., 158 fathoms; oil' new land south of the Balleny Islands. 



