BOVICHTHYIDAE, 
Cottoperca gobio (Gunther). 
Head 2 2/5 te 2 3/5; depth 4 2/3 te 4 7/8;.D. VII - I, 21 
or 22: 2. 20 te 28; scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base; 10 
scales above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 14 below to anal 
origin; 8 predorsal scales to occiput; snout 3 2/5 to 4 in head: 
eye 4 2/3 to 6 1/8; maxillary 2; interorbital 2 to 2 1/4; in eye, 
Head width 1 7/8 to 2 in head length, Snout convex, length 3/4 
its width, Eye slightly impinging on upper profile, 1 1/8 to 1 23 
in snout. Mouth large, lower jaw very slightly protrudes, Maxilla- 
ry reaches slightly behind eye; expansion 1 7/8 in eye. Teeth conie, 
simple, in bands in jaws, on vomer and palatines, Interorbital deep- 
ly concave, Rakers IVY IX, obtuse tentacles, largest about half 
of filament, which 2 in eye. Scales with radiating basal striae 
12 to 243 apical denticles 28 to 32; cireuli coarse, Color in 
alcohol uniform warm sepia-brown, Length 120? to 215 mm, (caudal 
damaged). Five from Orange Harbor, Tierra del Fuego, 
