. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. NOTOTHENIIDAE 7i Notothenia jordani, Thompson. Notothenia jordani, Thompson, 1916, Proc. Nat. Mus., L, p. 443, pi. iii, fig. 3. St. WS 90. 7. iv. 27. 13 miles N 83° E of Cape Virgins Light, Argentine Republic. Commercial otter trawl, 82-81 m.: 2 specimens, 160, 165 mm. St. WS 833. 1. ii. 32. 520 30' S, 68° 00' W. Nets (4 and 7 mm. mesh) and seine net attached to back of trawl, 38-31 m.: 9 specimens, 120-175 mm- St. WS 834. 2. ii. 32. 520 57' 45" S, 68° 08' 15" W. Seine net attache
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. NOTOTHENIIDAE 7i Notothenia jordani, Thompson. Notothenia jordani, Thompson, 1916, Proc. Nat. Mus., L, p. 443, pi. iii, fig. 3. St. WS 90. 7. iv. 27. 13 miles N 83° E of Cape Virgins Light, Argentine Republic. Commercial otter trawl, 82-81 m.: 2 specimens, 160, 165 mm. St. WS 833. 1. ii. 32. 520 30' S, 68° 00' W. Nets (4 and 7 mm. mesh) and seine net attached to back of trawl, 38-31 m.: 9 specimens, 120-175 mm- St. WS 834. 2. ii. 32. 520 57' 45" S, 68° 08' 15" W. Seine net attached to back of trawl, 27- 38 m.: 12 specimens, 55-120 mm. St. WS 836. 3. ii. 32. 530 05' 30" S, 670 38' W. Small beam trawl, 64 m.: 19 specimens, 110- 220 mm. Depth of body 4! to 4! in the length, length of head 3^ to 3!. Snout about as long as eye, diameter of which is 4 to 5 in length of head; interorbital width about 5. Lower jaw a little longer than upper; maxillary extending to below anterior part or middle of eye; teeth in bands, none enlarged; upper surface of head (except snout and prae- orbital), cheeks and opercles covered with ctenoid scales, which do not extend forward beyond anterior edges of eyes; 3 to 5 rows of scales between the eyes. 20 to 25 rather long, fine gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 58 to 62 in a lateral longitudinal series; 43 to 48 tubular scales in upper lateral line, which extends to or very slightly beyond last ray of dorsal, 8 to 17 in lower lateral line. Dorsal VI-VIII (usually VII) 33-35; second spine generally longest, f to f length of. Fig. 32. Notothenia jordani. x §. head. Anal 31-33. Pectoral § to f the length of head, about as long as pelvics, which extend to or nearly to vent. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle about as deep as long, its least depth \ or rather more than j length of head. Pale brownish, with irregular broad dark cross-bars directed obliquely forward on upper parts of sides, contin
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