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caudal, 46 to 52 in upper lateral line, which ends below posterior rays of dorsal, 10 

 to 18 in lower lateral line. Body marbled; dorsal with 2 or 3 series of dark spots ; 

 anal and caudal with a dark band. 



South Georgia ; South Orkneys. 



Here described from two specimens, 250 mm. in total length, from South Georgia ; 

 a little fish, 62 mm. in total length, obtained by the Scotia at Station 325, Scotia 

 Bay, South Orkneys, seems to belong to this species. 



Notothenia rossii was based on a large stuffed specimen, 850 mm. in total length, 

 with the dorsal spines short and blunt as they often are in large Nototheniids. 



(25) Notothenia macrocephala. 



Giiuth., Cat. Fish., ii. p. 263 (1860). 



Notothenia maoriensis, Haast, Trans. N.Z. Inst., v., 1873, p. 276, pi. xvi. fig. 



,, angudata, Hutton, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), xvi., 1875, p. 315. 



„ hassleriana, Steind., Sitzungsb. Akad. Wien, Ixxii., 1876, p. 69, pi. vi. fig. 



., antarctica, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berlin, 1876, p. 837. 



,, arguta, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xi., 1879, p. 339. 



,, porteri, Delfin, Bev. Ghilen. Hist. Nat., iii., 1899, p. 117. 



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

 4 to 6 in the length of head, interorbital width 2-| to 3|. Jaws equal anteriorly ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior \ of eye ; imbricate scales behind eye and on 

 upper part of operculum ; upper surface and sides of head otherwise naked, papillose ; 

 10 to 12 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal IV (III- VI), 29-31. Anal 

 22-25, Pectoral | to f the length of head, considerably longer than pelvics. Caudal 

 truncate or slightly emarginate. Caudal peduncle usually somewhat longer than deep, 

 48 to 56 scales in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral fin to caudal; 36 

 to 44 in upper lateral line, which ends below posterior rays of dorsal, 6 to 12 in lower 

 lateral line. More or less distinct longitudinal stripes or series of spots on the sides ; 

 dorsal dusky, sometimes reticulated ; caudal, anal, and pelvics sometimes similarly 

 coloured. 



Patagonia ; Magellan Straits ; Falkland Islands ; New Zealand ; Auckland Island ; 

 Campbell Island. 



Here described from several specimens, 130 to 280 mm. in total length, from New 

 Zealand, Campbell Island, Magellan Straits, and the Falkland Islands. In addition 

 to the type of the species, types of N. arguta and N. angustata have been examined. 



(26) Notothenia microlepidota. 



Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., viii., 1876, p. 213; Waite, Subantardic Isl. N. Zealand, Pisces, 



p. 590, fig. (1909). 

 Notothenia parva, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xi., 1879, p. 339. 



Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head 3^ to 3-^. Diameter of eye 

 4 J to 6^ in the length of head, interorbital width 3^ to 4^-. Upper surface of head 

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