Myxinoids of the Genus Myxine. 



397 



5. 3fi/.vine australis. 



Myxine australis, Jenyns, Zool. 'Beagle,' Fish. p. 159 (1842) ; Garm. 



Mem. Mas. Com p. Zool. xxiv. 1S99, p. 34o. 

 Mij.vine affinis, Giinth. Cat. Fi-sh. viii. p. 511 (1870). 

 Mi/.Hne australis (part.), Giiutli. I. c. 

 Myxine acutifrons, Garm. t. c. p. 347. 



6 brancliial pouches. 8 to 11 teeth in each series, the 2 

 most anterior united. Pores 27-30 4-50-68 + 8-13. Leiigtli 

 of head 3^ to 3| in the total leiigtli. 



Ciiile and Patagonia. 



1. 490 mm. (teeth fj). 



2. 430 mm. (teeth Jj)- 



3. 375 mm. (teeth rr). 



Orange Bay. 

 Cape Gregory. 

 Messier Channel, 



4-6. 325-370 mm. (teeth—). Sandy Point. 



8-10 



7-10. 165-400 mm. (teeth gTy^). Puerto Biic-no. 



11. 330 mm., type of 



M. affinis (teeth i|). 



12. 320 mm. (teeth \). Cockle Cove. 

 13-14. 250-285 mm. (teeth ^), Tyssar Islands. 



15. 275 mm. (teeth 5). Magellan. 



Paris Mus, 



Dr. Coppinger. 



* Challenger.' 



Dr. Cunningham. 



Dr. Coppinger. 

 Dr. GUutlier. 



Dr. Coppinger. 

 Dr. Cunningham. 

 Mus. Comp. Zool. 



6. Myxine glutinosa. 



Myxine glutinosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, i. p. 650(1755); Giinth. 



Cat. Fish. viii. p. 510 (1870); Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. 



xxiv. 1899, p. 348. 

 Gastrohranchus ccectis, Bloch, Ausland. Fisch. xii. p. 66, pi. ccccxiii. 



(1795). 



C (exceptionally 7) branchial pouciies. 7 to 9 teeth in tlie 

 first series and 8 to 10 in the second, the 2 most anterior 

 teeth in each series united. Pores 24-3-1 + 51-6-4 + 10-14. 

 Length of head 3f to 4 in the total length. 



Northern and western coasts of .Europe. 



1-2. 370-400mm. (teeth ^). Firth of Forth. Grantnn Mar. Stat. 

 3-6, 7-8. 300-370 mm. (teeth I). „ „ 



9-12. 330-350 mm. (teeth ?). Scotland. Sir John Murray. 



13. 300 mm. (teeth g). „ „ 



14-15. 310-330 mm. (teeth I). 



Scotland. 



Christiansund, 

 Norway. 



Lord Ducie. 



