. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 74 DISCOVERY REPORTS Genus CHAENICHTHYS Channichthys, Richardson, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xiii (June), p. 461. Type Channichthys rhifiocerattis, Richardson. Chaenkthys, Richardson, 1844, Zool. 'Erebus' and ' Terror', (Fish.), P- 12 [emend, pro Chan- nichthys). Chaenichthys, GiJnther, i860, Cat. Fish., 11, p. 249; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, XLix, p. 286 (emend, pro Chaenicthys). Related to Chompsocephaliis, but there is a rostral spine, the teeth are in broader bands, and the late
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 74 DISCOVERY REPORTS Genus CHAENICHTHYS Channichthys, Richardson, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xiii (June), p. 461. Type Channichthys rhifiocerattis, Richardson. Chaenkthys, Richardson, 1844, Zool. 'Erebus' and ' Terror', (Fish.), P- 12 [emend, pro Chan- nichthys). Chaenichthys, GiJnther, i860, Cat. Fish., 11, p. 249; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, XLix, p. 286 (emend, pro Chaenicthys). Related to Chompsocephaliis, but there is a rostral spine, the teeth are in broader bands, and the lateral line is provided with bony plates. Gill-rakers short, dentigerous. Dorsal fins well separated. Two species. Kerguelen. Chaenichthys rhinoceratus, Richardson. Channichthys rhinoceratus, Richardson, 1844, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., xin (June), p. 461. Chaenicthys rhinoceratus, Richardson, 1844, Zool. 'Erebus' and'Terror', (Fish.), p. 12, pi. vi, figs. '1-3; Gill, 1876, Bull. Nat. Mus., in, p. 41. Chaenichthys rhinoceratus (part), Giinther, i860. Cat. Fish., 11, p. 249. Chaemethvs rhitioceratus, Studer, 1879, Arch. Naturg., xlv (i), p. 131. Chaenichthys rhinoceratus, Giinther, 1880, Shore Fish. 'Challenger', p. i6; Pappenheim, 1912, Deutsche , xiii, Zool. v, p. 173; Regan, 1913, Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, XLix, p. 286; Monod and DoUfus, 1932, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., lvii, p. 74; Norman, 1937, Rep. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. Fig. 47. Chaenichthys rhinoceratus. x J. Depth of body 5I to more than 7 in the length, length of head 2| to nearly 2f. Diameter of eye 5J to 7^, interorbital width 5 to b\ in length of head. Maxillary ex- tending to below middle of eye or beyond in adults. Head moderately or rather strongly rugose, the supraorbital edges usually not much raised. 69 to 84 plates in upper lateral line; a'few plates on middle of side. Dorsal VII-VIII, 32-34; second and third spines longest, thence decreasing rapidly in length. Anal 30-33. Pe
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