1 84 



SoiitJicrn Cross. 



1). VI,'_'S-2!t; S<1. 0r>-(i8 J:^, ; gill-rakerB 10 to 12 ; caudal 



rounded 1 •*. rnicrohqndota, Hutt.' 



B. Interorbital width 2J to 2^ iu length of head. 

 D. IV, 2!»-30; Sq. 58-02 ^^; gill-rakers 10 or 11; 

 caudal truncate or slightly emarginate 14 , macrocephala, Gthr.^ 



111. Anal with 18 lo 20 rays. 

 P. \TI, 24-25 ; Sq. 100-110 ; head scaly abovo 



I'y.filhoJi, Sauv. 



Notothenia phome, Kich., and N. magellanica, Forst., have not been identified. 



7. XOTOTIIENIA XICOL.Vl', Sp. n. 



(Plate XV.) 



Depth of body nearly 4 times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 3.] times. Diameter of eye 3 times in length of head, interorbital 

 widtli 7 to 8 times ; maxillary extending to below anterior fourth or 

 anterior third of eye ; lower jaw projecting Ijeyond the npper ; upper 

 surface of head naked ; cheek and opercle densely scaled. Gill-rakers 

 rather short, 11 or 12 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal IV, 

 35-37 ; longest rays ^ length of head. Anal 31-33 ; longest rays 

 ^ length of head, Pectoral rounded, a little shorter than head, 

 reaching beyond origin of anal. Ventral | to | length of head. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. Scales 



G9-77 



7-8 . 

 2»-24 ' 



lateral line ^, 



Olive-brown, M'ith more or less dis- 

 tinct cross-bars, and with or without small black spots ; fins dark 

 l)rown, anterior dorsal black. 



Total length, 230 mm. 



This new species, named in memory of Nicolai Hanson, is repre- 

 sented by foiu' specimens from Cape Adare, at a depth of 5 to 8 

 fathoms, and one from Duke of York Island, 4 fathoms. Measurements 

 and numbers of fin-rays and scales in these specimens are here given. 



Cfti)c Adare 



»< »« 



i» »» 



Duke of York Island 



230 IV 



190 I IV 



160 IV 



145 I IV 



160 i IV 



37 

 35 

 37 

 37 

 37 



33 

 32 

 32 

 32 

 31 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 



10 11 



^i 



2% 





' xV. iHi, ,\t, lliiit., l.^T'.t, 



^ N. mnoriinais, llaast, 1873. N. angustata, Ilutt., 1875. .V. hassleriana, 

 Stdr., 1875. N. antardica, Ptrs., 1876. N. arquta, Ilutt., 1879. N. marmorata, 

 Fischer, 1885. 



