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anal unbranched ; lower pectoral rays simple, more or less thickened and partly 

 free distally. 



Patagonia ; Magellan Straits ; Falkland Islands. 



(1) Cottoperca gohio. (PI. IV. fig. 3.) 



Aphritis gohio, Giinth., Ann. May. Nat. Hist. (3), vii., 1861, p. 88; and ^'■Challenger" Shore 



Fish., p. 21, pi. ix. (1880). 

 Cottoperca rosenhergii, Steind., Sitzungsh. Ahad. Wien, Ixxii., 1876, p. 67, pi. v. fig. 1. 



Depth of body about 4 in the length, length of head about 2 J. Diameter of eye 

 4 to 8 in the length of head, interorbital width 13 to 16. Maxillary extending to 

 below posterior part or posterior edge of eye ; 5 or 6 short gill-rakers on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal (VI) VII, 22-23. Anal 20-23. Dorsal spines and rays increasing 

 in length with age, the longest varying from 3 to | the length of head. Pectoral 

 about ^ the length of head ; six lowest rays simple, somewhat thickened. Caudal 

 subtruncate. Least depth of caudal peduncle greater than the diameter of eye, except 

 in quite young specimens. About 60 scales in a lateral longitudinal series, or 65 in the 

 lateral line, which is complete and continuous. Orange-yellow, with three broad 

 brownish cross-bars on upper part of body ; head and sides of body spotted and marbled 

 with brown. 



Patagonia ; Tierra del Fuego ; Falkland Islands. 



Here described from nine specimens, 130 to 480 mm. in total length, from Magellan 

 and the Falklands, at depths varying from 6 to 147 fathoms, including the types of the 

 species and a specimen from Station 349, Port William, Falkland Islands, taken by the 

 Scotia in January 1903. 



(2) Cottoperca macrophthalma, sp. n. (Pis. IV. fig. 2, and V. fig. 2.) 

 Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head (to opercular spine) 2f to 2f , 

 Diameter of eye 3^ to 5 in the length of head, interorbital width 13 to 16. Maxillary 

 extending to below posterior part or margin of eye, or a little beyond. 5 to 7 short 

 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal VII (VIII), 21-24. Anal 20-22. 

 In the young, first dorsal spine longest, ^ the length of head and as long as soft rays ; 

 in the adult, fourth or fifth spine longest, sometimes ^ the length of head ; longest soft 

 rays sometimes f the length of head. Other fins, scales, coloration, etc., as in C. gobio. 

 Least depth of caudal peduncle not more than diameter of eye. 



Ten specimens from Station 346, the Burdwood Bank, south of the Falkland Islands, 

 54° 25' S., 57° 32' W., taken by the Scotia in 56 fathoms on 1st December 1903, and 

 three from Magellan Straits, 100 to 450 mm. in total length. 



(3) Cottoperca macrocephala. 

 Roule, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1911, p. 277 (1912). 

 Eye large. Head longer and fins lower than in C. macrophthalma. Seven simple 

 pectoral rays. Patagonia. 



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