. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. NOTOTHENIIDAE 21 St. 141. 29. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 17-27 m.: 14 specimens, 57-115 mm. St. 145. 7. i. 27. Stromness Harbour, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-35 m.: 3 specimens, 103-180 mm. St. WS 62. 19. i. 27. Wilson Harbour, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-83 m.: 2 specimens, 50, 52 mm. St. 370. 10. iii. 30. 2 miles NE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. Large otter trawl, 80-18 m.: 42 specimens, 75-148 mm. St. —. 25. iii. 30. Grytviken,
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. NOTOTHENIIDAE 21 St. 141. 29. xii. 26. East Cumberland Bay, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 17-27 m.: 14 specimens, 57-115 mm. St. 145. 7. i. 27. Stromness Harbour, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-35 m.: 3 specimens, 103-180 mm. St. WS 62. 19. i. 27. Wilson Harbour, South Georgia. Small beam trawl, 26-83 m.: 2 specimens, 50, 52 mm. St. 370. 10. iii. 30. 2 miles NE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. Large otter trawl, 80-18 m.: 42 specimens, 75-148 mm. St. —. 25. iii. 30. Grytviken, South Georgia. Hand line, 5-5 to 10 metres: i specimen, 72 mm., from stomach of Notothenia rossii. Depth of body 5 to 5f in the length, length of head 3^ to 3I. Snout as long as or rather longer than eye, diameter of which is 31 to nearly 5 in length of head; inter- orbital width 15 to 20. Jaws about equal anteriorly; maxillary extending to below anterior margin or anterior 5 of eye; upper surface of head scaly to between nostrils; cheeks and opercles in great part scaly, but naked below and at edge of praeoperculum; snout and praeorbital naked; 10 to 12 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 46 to 52 in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal; 26 to 34 in upper lateral line, which ends below middle or posterior part of dorsal; 15 to 26 in lower lateral line. Dorsal V-VIII, 28-30. Anal 29-31. Pectoral with 19 to 21 rays, f to f length of head, much longer than pelvics, which do not reach the vent in adult. Caudal rounded; caudal peduncle about as long as deep. Back with dark transverse bars, which break up into spots on the sides of the body; often a bar through the spinous dorsal, connecting the bases of the pectorals; dorsal, caudal and pectorals with series of small dark spots on the rays; anal and pelvics pale, sometimes with some darker spots; often a blackish spot on the upper part of the pectoral base. Hab. South Sandwic
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