362 DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Genotype: Achiropsetta tricholepis, n.sp. 



Apparently related to Lepidopsetta, differing chiefly in the form of the body and the 

 structure of the scales. 



Achiropsetta tricholepis, n.sp. 



St. WS 89. 7. iv. 27. 9 miles N 21° E of Arenas Point Light, Tierra del Fuego; from 53° 01' 00" S, 

 68° 07' 00" W to 52° 59' 30" S, 68° 06' 00" W. Commercial otter trawl, 23-21 m.: mud, gravel 

 and stones, i specimen, 100 mm. Holotype. 



Depth of body 2\ in the length, length of head 4^. Upper profile of head evenly 

 convex. Snout shorter than eye, diameter of which is about 3I in length of head and 

 3 times the interorbital width ; lower eye in advance of upper, which is rather close to 

 edge of head. Maxillary extending to below anterior part of eye, length a little more 



Fig. 47. Achiropsetta tricholepis. Holotype. (Nat. size.) 



than \ that of head ; lower jaw scarcely projecting, its length nearly \ head. Upper angle 

 of gill-opening below commencement of lateral line, level with centre of interorbital 

 space ; 9 or 10 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal about 130 ; highest rays 

 less than \ length of head. Anal 114. Pelvic fin of ocular side with 7 rays, that of blind 

 side with 6. Caudal with 18 rays, rounded. Uniformly yellowish brown. 



Described from a single specimen, 100 mm. in total length; holotype of the species. 



Hab. Off Tierra del Fuego. 



Genus Bothus, Rafinesque 

 Rafinesque, 1810, Car. n.gen., p. 23. 



Bothus podas (Delaroche). 



Pleuronectes podas, Delaroche, 1809, Ann. Mus. H.N. (Paris), xni (77), p. 354. 

 Bothus podas, Kyle, 1913, Rep. Danish Ocean. Exped. 1908-10, 11, A, i, p. 100, %. 17. 



St. 271. 29. vii. 27. Elephant Bay, Angola. Seine net, 5-0 m.: 3 specimens, 55-73 mm. 

 St. 299. 4. ix. 27. Tarrafal, S. Antonio, Cape Verde Islands. Medium rectangular net, 7-1 1 m.: 

 I specimen, 38 mm. 



Hob. Mediterranean ; Eastern Atlantic, southwards to Angola. 



