Discovery reports (1937) Discovery reports discoveryreports16inst Year: 1937 BROTULIDAE '5 Both the above specimens are males and both have the curious anal papilla described by Gilchrist1 in a large specimen from South Africa, believed by him to be a copulatory organ of some kind. CENTROLOPHIDAE Seriolella porosa, Guichenot. 'Cojinova'; 'Lacarh'' or 'Lassarh''. 1848-9, in Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. 11, p. 239, pi. vii, fig. 2; Giinther, i860, Cat. Fish., II, p. 467; Hutton, 1875, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., vm, p. 211; Vaillant, 1888, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, vi. Zool., Poiss., p. 29; Berg, 1895, Anal.


Discovery reports (1937) Discovery reports discoveryreports16inst Year: 1937 BROTULIDAE '5 Both the above specimens are males and both have the curious anal papilla described by Gilchrist1 in a large specimen from South Africa, believed by him to be a copulatory organ of some kind. CENTROLOPHIDAE Seriolella porosa, Guichenot. 'Cojinova'; 'Lacarh'' or 'Lassarh''. 1848-9, in Gay, Hist. Chile, Zool. 11, p. 239, pi. vii, fig. 2; Giinther, i860, Cat. Fish., II, p. 467; Hutton, 1875, Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., vm, p. 211; Vaillant, 1888, Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, vi. Zool., Poiss., p. 29; Berg, 1895, Anal. Mus. Nac. B. Aires, iv, p. 35; Delfin, 1901, Cat. Peces Chile, p. 52; Regan, 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) x, p. 128. Neptonemus dobula, Giinther, 1869, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 429. Seriolella dobula, McCulloch, 1929, Mem. Austral. Mus., v, p. 124. St. WS853. 32. 440 39'45' S, 64°i3'3o'W. Commercial otter trawl, 90-90111.: 6 specimens, 365-390 mm. Depth of body 4 to 4 J in the length, length of head 3! to 4. Snout longer than eye, diameter of which is 4 to 5 in length of head; interorbital width about 3 times. Maxillary slipping under the praeorbital for the entire length of its upper edge, extending to below anterior margin of eye. Opercular bones not scaled; praeopercular margin with minute denticulations or entire; angle of praeoperculum forming a distinct rounded lobe. About 14 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Lateral line running high, concurrent with the dorsal profile. Dorsal VII-VIII, I 37-40; the third, fourth and Fig. 62. Seriolella porosa. x §. fifth spines longest, equal to \ to f the diameter of the eye; the anterior soft rays about I the length of head. Anal III 23-26; the first two spines short and somewhat detached from the rest of the fin. Pectoral nearly as long as head; pelvics inserted behind pectorals, length 2h to 25 in that of head. Hab. Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Patagonia; Chile; coasts of Australia and New Zealand. I am unabl


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