. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 48 DISCOVERY REPORTS Genus DOLLOIDRACO Dolloidraco, Roule, 1913, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1913, No. i, p. 5; Roule, Angel and Despax, 1913, Deux. Exped. Antarct. Fraiif. (1908-1910), Poiss., p. 15. Type Dolloidraco longedorsalis, Roule. Differs from Artedidraco in having the spinous dorsal fin placed above the oper- culum. A single species. Coasts of the Antarctic Continent. Dolloidraco longedorsalis, Roule. Dolloidraco longedorsalis, Roule, 1913, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1913, No. i, p. 6; Roule, Angel and D
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 48 DISCOVERY REPORTS Genus DOLLOIDRACO Dolloidraco, Roule, 1913, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1913, No. i, p. 5; Roule, Angel and Despax, 1913, Deux. Exped. Antarct. Fraiif. (1908-1910), Poiss., p. 15. Type Dolloidraco longedorsalis, Roule. Differs from Artedidraco in having the spinous dorsal fin placed above the oper- culum. A single species. Coasts of the Antarctic Continent. Dolloidraco longedorsalis, Roule. Dolloidraco longedorsalis, Roule, 1913, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1913, No. i, p. 6; Roule, Angel and Despax, 1913, , p. 16, pi. iv, figs. 1-3; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Sen C, III (i), Fishes, p. 24, pi. i, fig. 2, text-fig. 3. Dolloidraco longidorsalis, Regan, 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. {'Terra Nova') 1910, Zool. i (i), p. 28. St. 1644. 16. i. 36. Bay of Whales (78° 24-85' S, 164'' 10-3' W). Russell Bottom Net, 626 m.: I female specimen, 115 mm. Depth of body about 5 in the length, length of head 2| to 2|. Diameter of eye ai to 2| in length of head; interorbital space very narrow. Maxillary extending to below anterior margin of pupil or beyond; barbel about as long as diameter of eye, simple (females?) or with a terminal expansion (males ?); 6 small, knob-like gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal III 22-25. Anal 14-15. Last rays of dorsal and anal well separated from base of caudal. Pectoral with 16 or 17 rays, about | length of head, extending to above anterior part of anal; pelvics shorter, just reaching vent. Caudal subtruncate or a little rounded. Yellowish-brown, becoming darker on hinder part of body; a dark patch on cheek below eye, and a dusky vertical bar across the operculum; spinous dorsal dusky; soft dorsal mainly dusky; anal black in its basal half, white distally; caudal white, with an incomplete oblique black bar across the base and a broader and more distinct oblique bar across its distal portion, the two being co
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