Discovery reports (1940) Discovery reports discoveryreports18inst Year: 1940 BATHYDRACONIDAE 67 St. 142. 30. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 88-27301.: 3 specimens, 137-185 mm. St. 149. 10. i. 27. Mouth of East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 200- 234 m.: 2 specimens, 123, 145 mm. Fig. 41. Psilodraco breviceps. Holotype. x J. Depth of body 4! to 5I in the length, length of head about 3. Snout about as long as eye, diameter of which is 3 to nearly 4 in length of head; interorbital width 8. Lower jaw projecting; maxillary extending to below
Discovery reports (1940) Discovery reports discoveryreports18inst Year: 1940 BATHYDRACONIDAE 67 St. 142. 30. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 88-27301.: 3 specimens, 137-185 mm. St. 149. 10. i. 27. Mouth of East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Large otter trawl, 200- 234 m.: 2 specimens, 123, 145 mm. Fig. 41. Psilodraco breviceps. Holotype. x J. Depth of body 4! to 5I in the length, length of head about 3. Snout about as long as eye, diameter of which is 3 to nearly 4 in length of head; interorbital width 8. Lower jaw projecting; maxillary extending to below anterior | or middle of eye. Upper lateral line extending to below last rays of dorsal or not as far; middle lateral line extending forward to level of middle or posterior part of pectoral; lower lateral line of varying length, running parallel with the base of the anal fin. Dorsal 27-30. Anal 27-29. Pectoral with 25 to 27 rays, nearly as long as head, extending to above anterior part of anal; pelvics much shorter, not reaching vent. Brownish above, more or less silvery on sides and beneath, without any definite markings, but with the silvery parts speckled with close-set dark dots; distal part of snout and tip of lower jaw usually darker; fins usually all pale, the caudal and occasionally the other fins sometimes a little dusky. Hab. South Georgia. Genus GYMNODRACO Gymnodraco, Boulenger, 1902, Rep. Coll. Nat. Hist. 'Southern Cross', p. 186; Regan, 1913, , p. 283. Related to Psilodraco, but with the body depressed anteriorly, compressed posteriorly. Two lateral lines. Head depressed; snout produced, pointed; mouth non-protractile; jaws with curved compressed teeth, close-set in a single series and with large anterior canines, those of the mandible exposed in front of the snout. Operculum with a strong spine with a hooked branch; suboperculum with a short spine. Vertebrae 48 (20 + 28). A single species. Coasts of the Antarctic Continent. Gymnodraco acuticeps, Boulenger. Gymno
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