. Fig. 9. Notothetiia nudifrons. A, Dorsal view of head of N. midifrons; B, The same of N. mizops. x |. Hab. Graham Land and neighbouring islands; South Shetlands; South Orkneys; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia. This species was originally described from 7 specimens from Cape Seymour and south of Snow Hill, Graham Land, and from numerous specimens from South Georgia, at depths ranging from 12 to 250 metres. It is very common at South Georgia, at all depths from 10 to 250 metres. In life the fish appears to be reddish or reddish-brown on the back and sides and silvery white below; the spo
. Fig. 9. Notothetiia nudifrons. A, Dorsal view of head of N. midifrons; B, The same of N. mizops. x |. Hab. Graham Land and neighbouring islands; South Shetlands; South Orkneys; South Sandwich Islands; South Georgia. This species was originally described from 7 specimens from Cape Seymour and south of Snow Hill, Graham Land, and from numerous specimens from South Georgia, at depths ranging from 12 to 250 metres. It is very common at South Georgia, at all depths from 10 to 250 metres. In life the fish appears to be reddish or reddish-brown on the back and sides and silvery white below; the spots are dark brown. In general appearance this species is very similar to A'^. mizops, from Kerguelen, but may be readily distinguished by the naked occiput and interorbital region, the some- what more numerous dorsal and anal rays, and the smaller scales. I have examined 3 specimens in the Paris Museum, 62 to 118 mm. in total length, from the South Shetlands. Notothenia acuta, Giinther. Notothenia acuta, Giinther, 1880, Shore Fish. 'Challenger', p. 17; Pappenheim, 1912, Deutsche , xni, Zool. v, p. 171, pi. ix, fig. 3; Regan, 1913, , p. 272, pi. viii, fig. 3; Norman, 1937, Rep. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. 62. Depth of body 5I to 6 in the length, length of head 3 to 3!. Snout a little shorter than eye, diameter of which is 3 to 3! in length of head; interorbital width about 16. Jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary extending to below anterior part of eye; cheeks, opercles, occiput and interorbital region scaly; snout naked in young, but partially scaled in larger specimens; praeorbital naked; 12 or 13 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 54 to 60 in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal; 36 to 39 in upper lateral line, which ends below posterior 3-2
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