Discovery reports (1940) Discovery reports discoveryreports18inst Year: 1940 6o DISCOVERY REPORTS Hab. 71° 19' S, 87° 37' W; 435 metres. Known only from the unique holotype, 82 mm. in total length, in the Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels. As pointed out above, I have re-examined this specimen, but, owing to the poor state of preservation, have been able to add very little to the original description. Fig. 35. Racovitzia glacialis. Holotype. x i. (After Dollo.) Racovitzia harrissoni (Waite). Aconichthys harrissoni, Waite, 1916, , p. 30, pi. ii, fig. i, text-fig. 5;
Discovery reports (1940) Discovery reports discoveryreports18inst Year: 1940 6o DISCOVERY REPORTS Hab. 71° 19' S, 87° 37' W; 435 metres. Known only from the unique holotype, 82 mm. in total length, in the Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels. As pointed out above, I have re-examined this specimen, but, owing to the poor state of preservation, have been able to add very little to the original description. Fig. 35. Racovitzia glacialis. Holotype. x i. (After Dollo.) Racovitzia harrissoni (Waite). Aconichthys harrissoni, Waite, 1916, , p. 30, pi. ii, fig. i, text-fig. 5; Norman, 1937, Rep. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. 74. St. 600. 17. i. 31. 67° 09' S, 69° 27' W. Large dredge, 487-512 m.: i specimen, 80 mm. St. 1652. 23. i. 36. 75° 56-2'S, 178° 35-5'E. Rectangular dredge, with Russell net, 567 m.: I specimen, 293 mm. Depth of body 7I to 9 in the length, length of head 3 to 3. Snout i\ to i| times as long as eye, 3 to 3 in length of head; diameter of eye 31 to 4J in length of head; interorbital region very narrow. Lower jaw projecting; maxillary extending to or nearly to level of anterior margin of eye; a large patch of scales on the cheek and a small patch on upper part of operculum; 10 to 12 short gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. About 140 scales in a lateral longitudinal series; 82 to 91 in upper, 9 to 13 in middle, and 5 to 13 in lower lateral line (when this is present). Dorsal 34-37. Anal 28-31. Pectoral with 22 or 23 rays, about f length of head, extending to above origin or anterior rays of anal; pelvics much shorter, not nearly reaching vent. Caudal rounded or sub- truncate. Pale yellowish brown, spotted and variegated with darker; 6 black blotches on the back, the 4 below the dorsal fin most conspicuous and extending on to the fin; lower parts more or less dusky; dorsal fin with small dark spots on the rays, and sometimes with a dark blotch covering the posterior rays; anal fin pale or with a dusky lon
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