358 MR C. TATE REGAN ON THE 



Kerguelen. 



Here described from several specimens, 120 to 260 mm. in total length, including 

 the type of the species. 



(23) Notothenia coriiceps. 



Richards., "Erebus" and "Terror" Fish., p. 5, pi. iii. figs. 1, 2 (1884); Giinth., Cat. Fish., ii. 

 p. 261 (1860); Vaill., Exped. Antarct. Franfaise, Poiss., p. 24 (1906). 



Depth of body 3| to 4^ in the length, length of head 3 to 3. Diameter of eye 

 4| to 7 in the length of head, interorbital widtli 4 to 5. Jaws equal anteriorly ; 

 maxillary extending to below middle (young) or posterior margin (adult) of eye ; head 

 naked except for a few scales behind eye, on upper part of operculum, and on post- 

 temporal region; 10 to 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal III-VII, 

 35-40. Anal 27-31. Pectoral from less than f (in large specimens) to the length 

 of head, extending to above origin or anterior rays of anal ; pelvics shorter, not or 

 barely reaching vent. Caudal subtruncate. Caudal peduncle nearly as long as deep. 

 54 to 68 scales in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal, 34 to 49 

 in upper lateral line, which ends below posterior part of dorsal, 8 to 17 in lower lateral 

 line ; 4 or 5 scales between lateral line and posterior dorsal rays. Colour varying from 

 dark greenish black to a pale orange, with or without spots or marking; usually one 

 or two oblique dark bars across cheek, sometimes broken up into spots ; head sometimes 

 with pale spots enclosed in dark rings ; spots on body and dorsal fin sometimes large 

 and tesselated, more often smaller and scattered, rarely uniting to form longitudinal 

 stripes ; soft dorsal and anal usually with a pale edge. 



Graham Land and neighbouring islands ; Kerguelen ; Victoria Land. 



Here described from a large series of specimens obtained by the Scotia at Station 325, 

 Scotia Bay, South Orkneys, 160 to 450 mm. in total length, in addition to the type 

 of the species from Kerguelen, examples from Duke of York Island and Cape Adare, 

 Victoria Land (Southern Cross), and from Graham Land (Franqais). 



(24) Notothenia rossii. 



Richards., "Erebus" and "Terror" Fish., p. 9, pi. v. figs. 1, 2 (1844); Giinth., Cat. Fish., ii. 



p. 263 (1860). 



Macronotothen rossii, Gill, Proc. Acad. Philad., 1861, p. 521. 

 Notothenia marmorata, Fischer, Jahrl. Hamb. Wiss. Anst., ii., 1885, p. 53 ; Lonnberg, Swedish 



South Polar Exped., Fish., p. 34. 



Depth of body 4^ to 4 in the length, length of head 3| to 3f. Diameter of eye 

 5 to 5^ in the length of head, interorbital width 3|. Jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior margin of pupil ; scales on upper part of cheek and operculum 

 and on temporal region ; upper surface of head papillose ; 1 2 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch. Dorsal V-VII, 33-35. Anal 27-29. Pectoral f the length of head, 

 longer than pelvics. Caudal truncate. Caudal peduncle as long as or a little longer 

 than deep. 58 to 62 scales in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral fin to 



(HOY. 8OC. EDIN. TRANS., VOL. XLIX., 276.) 



