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The large specimens caught in the open sea, lived near the surface so that they 

 easily could be seen swimming hither and thither. They pi-eyed here on »kril» (Eu- 

 phausiids) and fish. Among the remains of fish found in the stomachs of this spe- 

 eies specimens, of Myctophum antarciicum, Champsocephalus gunnari and Benthodesmus 

 sp. may be recognized. 



Even the large specimens of this collection were marmorated, except one which 

 was an albinistic variety without any pigment. 



A T . m. marmorata is no doubt the most common fish at South Georgia, or at 

 least the one mostly seen. The fishes taken out of the stomachs of birds, or from 

 the bill of terns etc. were usually small specimens of this kind. When fishing was 

 done in the Bay for the purpose of obtaining fish for the table, N. m. marmomta 

 was most eommonly caught and also most liked. As fishing gear the »pilk» and 

 hand line was used, but Sörling says that a better result was obtained if some 

 kind of bait was added to the tin-fish of the pilk. As bait were used pieces of fish, 

 or pieces of meat of penguins etc, but Sörljng thinks that the very best thing for 

 bait was the heart or some other part of a teal. Out on the open sea »on the bank» 

 the large specimens of N. m. marmomta were extremely abundant. During pauses 

 in the whale hunt, as, for instance, when a whale had been killed and should be 

 hauled in and secured to the steamer, it was a much enjoyed sport to fish N. m. 

 marmomta, Sörlxng says. The empty life-boats of the whaling steamer were then, as 

 a rule, used for storing the fish. Two men each with a pilk could sometimes in less 

 time than an hour f ill both lifeboats to the brim with fish. Often two fishes were 

 caught at one time, one on either of the hooks of the »pilk». The fish was eaten 

 as well fresh as salted, and regarded as very good. A good man}' barrels of cleaned, 

 split and salted fish of this kind, and caught as described above, was sent to Buenos 

 Aires for sale and there found a ready märket. There is thus no doubt that im- 

 portant fisheries could be established at and off the coast of South Georgia. 



Notothenia macroc. marmomta was often infested with parasitic crustacea on 

 its gills. 



Parachaenichthys georgianus (Eischer) 1885. 



2 specimens in a depth of 22 m. Boiler Harbonr, Cumberland Bay. 



1 specimen caught, in a deptli of 3 — 4 fathoms Boiler Harbonr, Cumberland Bay in Dec. 1904, tem- 

 peratnre of the water + 8,r> ° C. 



The longest of these specimens measured about 53 cm. and the others had 

 almost the same size. All of them were males. All three were also rather densely 

 dotted on the back and sides with small round spöts. In one specimen the paired 

 fins and the lower surface of the head and body appear to ha ve been brick red in 

 life, and the same colour has been present on the anal and caudal fins in a les- 

 ser degree. 



