Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried on by "Endeavour," 1909-14 under Dannevig, commonwealth director of fisheries Volume 1-5 . Fig. 5. Boplostelhus mediterraneus var. latus, McCulloch. FISHES. MCCULLOCH. 99. Fig. 6. Hoplostethus intermedins, Hector. 100 endeavour SCIENTIFIC results. several figures of II, mediterraneus, also, the proportions of thebody are shown to differ considerably, which suggests that morethan one species is confused under that name. I have thereforefigured a Southern Australian example, 129 mm. long, whichmay be regarded as a variety of the Eur
Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried on by "Endeavour," 1909-14 under Dannevig, commonwealth director of fisheries Volume 1-5 . Fig. 5. Boplostelhus mediterraneus var. latus, McCulloch. FISHES. MCCULLOCH. 99. Fig. 6. Hoplostethus intermedins, Hector. 100 endeavour SCIENTIFIC results. several figures of II, mediterraneus, also, the proportions of thebody are shown to differ considerably, which suggests that morethan one species is confused under that name. I have thereforefigured a Southern Australian example, 129 mm. long, whichmay be regarded as a variety of the European form until repre-sentative specimens of the two can be compared. Locs.—Nine specimens are in the collection from the followinglocalities.— Great Australian Bight, Long. 126°45E., 190-320 fathoms;4th April, 1913. Great Australian Bight, Long, 126-127°E., Lat. 33°20S.,80-li,0 fathoms ; March, 1912. HOPLOSTETHUS INTERMEDIUS, Hector. (Fig. 6.) Trachichthys intermedins Hector, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., vii,,1875, p. 245, pi. xi. Id., Gunther, Challenger Rept.,Zool., xxii., 1887, p. 24, pi. v., fig. D, Id., McChilloch,Rec. Austr. Mus., vi., 1907, p. 349. ; ; ; P. 15-16; L. Abd
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