ANTARCTIC FISHES OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. 231 



I. Antarctic and Subantarctic Fishes collected by the "Scotia."* 



SELACHII. 

 Raid.e. 



1. Raia magellanica, Steind. (PI. I.) 

 Znol. Jahrb. SuppL, vi., 1905, p. 212. 

 One specimen from Station 346, Burdwood Bank, depth 56 fathoms; taken on 

 1st December 1905. f.at. 54° 25' S., long. 57° 32' W. ; temperature 41-8° F. 



This is a female of exactly the same size as Steindachner's type, and apparently in 

 every way similar, except that there is only a single scapulary spine, instead of a series 

 of three on each side. 



This species is related to R. murrayi, Giinth., from Kerguelen, but has a blunter 

 snout, a shorter tail, and somewhat different spination. 



ISOSPONDYLI. 



Clupeid^. 



2. Clupea /uegensis, Jenyns. 



Zool. " BeagI''," Fish., p. 133 (1842); Smitt, Biliang. Svensk. Vet.-Akad., xxiv., 1898, iv.. No. 5, 

 p. 59, pi. V. fig. 41 



Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length. Lower jaw very prominent ; minute teeth in 

 a single series on the palatines and in an elongate patch on the tongue. Dorsal 17-18 ; 

 origin equidistant from anterior edge of eye and base of caudal fin. Anal 17-20. 

 Origin of pelvics vertically below that of dorsal. About 50 scales in a longitudinal 

 series ; ventral scutes not prominent. 



Several specimens, up to 170 mm. in total length, taken at Station 118, Port 

 Stanley, Falkland Islands, in February 1904, when extraordinary shoals of this herring 

 visited Port Stanley Harbour. 



Argentinid^. 



3. Bathylagus glacialis, sp. n. (PI. IX. fig. 2.) 



Depth of body 6 to 6^ in the length, length of head 4-^ to 4|-. Diameter of eye 

 2i to 2^ in the length of head, interocular width 3, interorbital width 6. Dorsal 10 ; 

 origin nearer to end of snout than to base of caudal. Anal 1 8. Pelvics 8-rayed, 

 inserted below middle of dorsal. About 35 scales in a longitudinal series. 



* a series of nine water-colour drawings made by Mr Cuthbertson for the most part represent fishes from Scotia 

 Bay, Soiith Orkneys, viz. Notolepis coatsii, Harpagifer bispitiis, Trematomus newnesii, Notothenia coriiceps, N. nudifrons, 

 and N. gibberifrons ; there is also a sketch of Lycenchelys antarcticus. In one or two cases I have referred to these 

 in the text. 



