Discovery reports (1937) Discovery reports discoveryreports16inst Year: 1937 76 DISCOVERY REPORTS (occasionally IV) 34-37; longest spine not more than § length of head; posterior rays of dorsal and anal not overlapping the caudal when laid back. Anal 32-35. Pectoral f to § length of head, as long as or rather longer than pelvics, which do not usually reach the anal. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle f to f as long as deep, its least depth less than | length of head. Brownish or greyish-brown, with somewhat irregular darker cross-bars on upper parts of sides, extending on to base of soft dorsal
Discovery reports (1937) Discovery reports discoveryreports16inst Year: 1937 76 DISCOVERY REPORTS (occasionally IV) 34-37; longest spine not more than § length of head; posterior rays of dorsal and anal not overlapping the caudal when laid back. Anal 32-35. Pectoral f to § length of head, as long as or rather longer than pelvics, which do not usually reach the anal. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle f to f as long as deep, its least depth less than | length of head. Brownish or greyish-brown, with somewhat irregular darker cross-bars on upper parts of sides, extending on to base of soft dorsal; median fins more or less dusky, the soft dorsal, caudal, and sometimes the anal with narrow pale margins; anal generally darker, often blackish; pectorals yellowish; pelvics more or less dusky. Hab. Patagonian-Falklands region: in deeper water. This species, which is well distinguished from the shallow-water N. brevicauda, is named after Mr E. R. Gunther of the 'Discovery' Expedition. Fig. 35. Notothenia guntheri. Holotype. Mr E. R. Gunther notes that in life the body is pale slaty grey, darker on back and becoming white ventrally, the general shade never being as deep as in N. ramsayi. The cross-bars, if present, are faint, and are sometimes green instead of grey. There are three or four golden green bands on the side of the head, the first sloping downwards from the maxillary, the others radiating from the praeorbital and eye, the third dilating into a green flush on the angle of the operculum. The iris is of a paler tint than that of N. ramsayi. The dorsal fins are bright emerald green, bordered with white, and the anal fin deep grey. The caudal fin is olive varied by lemon yellow, sometimes margined with orange, sometimes with brown and white. The pectoral is pale orange or salmon pink, sometimes lemon yellow, the base of the fin quite white. The pelvic is deep grey. The belly, which has been shaded in the sketch, should be white. Notothenia ramsayi, Regan (Plate I,
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