FISH J69 



Pieces of the gill-cover on the whole similar, but the branchial aperture much smaller, the 

 fissure not descending below the level of the upper part of the pectoral: branchial membrane 

 with six rays. Skin quite naked, and thickly studded all over with mucous pores. Also some 

 very large and conspicuous pores in rows on the jaws and cheeks, but not elevated into cuta- 

 neous tubes, excepting the nostrils, which are tubular. 



Dorsal and anal with all the rays articulated, and the greater part of them simple, but 

 some toward the tail a little branched at their tips. Caudal not so pointed as in Iluoccetes. 

 1 ectorals and ventrals similar, but the latter a trifle longer and broader in proportion. 



Length 4 inc. 7 lines. 

 Colour. --(/ w ^Vfe)_Brown, with the jaws, under part of the head, and lower half of the cheeks 

 whitish; also a whitish fascia extending longitudinally from behind each eye to the upper 

 angle of the opercle. ll 



A second specimen in the collection is smaller than the above, measuring only two inches 

 and a half in length. It is in bad condition, but does not appear to differ, except in having 

 the anterior canines above but very little developed. 

 Habitat, Falkland Islands. 



Both individuals of this species were taken by Mr. Darwin in the Falkland 

 Islands. " Caught amongst kelp."— D. 



