. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. NOTOTHENIIDAE 83 those of the outer row a little enlarged anteriorly; occiput, interorbital region, cheeks and opercles with smooth scales, those between the eyes as large or nearly as large as those on sides of body and on operculum; scales not embedded, extending forward on upper surface of head to opposite middle or anterior parts of eyes; 13 to 16 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 46 to 50 in a lateral longitudinal series; 37 to 40 tubular scales in upper la
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. NOTOTHENIIDAE 83 those of the outer row a little enlarged anteriorly; occiput, interorbital region, cheeks and opercles with smooth scales, those between the eyes as large or nearly as large as those on sides of body and on operculum; scales not embedded, extending forward on upper surface of head to opposite middle or anterior parts of eyes; 13 to 16 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 46 to 50 in a lateral longitudinal series; 37 to 40 tubular scales in upper lateral line, which ends below or a little in advance of last ray of dorsal, 7 to 11 in lower lateral line. Dorsal VI-VII (VIII in one example) 27-30; longest spine about $ length of head. Anal 29-31. Pectoral f to f length of head, a little longer than pelvics, which extend to the origin of anal or beyond. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle f to fas long as deep, its least depth f to § length of head. Brownish; uniform or with indistinct darker cross-bars on upper parts of body; often some round pale spots on back and sides; spinous dorsal more or less dusky, plain. Fig. 39. Notothenia squamiceps. x 1*. or with a round dark spot posteriorly; sometimes the greater part of the fin is dark, with a clear area posteriorly; soft dorsal uniform or with broad dark areas separated by narrower clear interspaces; caudal sometimes with dark cross-bars; anal uniform or coloured like the soft dorsal; pectoral yellowish; pelvics partly blackish. Hab. Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan; Falkland Islands. In addition to the above, the British Museum has received a small specimen, 45 mm. in total length, from Port Churruca, Magellan, as an exchange from the United States National Museum ( No. 76883). There seems to be little doubt that Thompson was correct in separating this species from the closely related N. sima, and I feel fairly certain that his specimens, as well as those collected
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