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Discovery reports (1940) Discovery reports discoveryreports18inst Year: 1940 CHAENICHTHYIDAE 71 Pagetopsis macropterus (Boulenger). Champsocephalus macropterus, Boulenger, 1907, Nat. Antarct. Exped. Nat. Hist., 11, Fish., p. 3, pi. ii; Pappenheim, 1912, Deutsche SiidpoL-Exped., xiii, Zool. v, p. 174; Roule, Angel and , 1913, Deux. Exped. Antarct. Frang. (1908-1910), Poiss., p. 13. Pagetopsis macropterus, Regan, 1913, , p. 286; 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. ('Terra Nova') Exped. 1910, Zool. I (i), p. 11; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, III (i), Fishes, p. 37, fi
Discovery reports (1940) Discovery reports discoveryreports18inst Year: 1940 CHAENICHTHYIDAE 71 Pagetopsis macropterus (Boulenger). Champsocephalus macropterus, Boulenger, 1907, Nat. Antarct. Exped. Nat. Hist., 11, Fish., p. 3, pi. ii; Pappenheim, 1912, Deutsche SiidpoL-Exped., xiii, Zool. v, p. 174; Roule, Angel and , 1913, Deux. Exped. Antarct. Frang. (1908-1910), Poiss., p. 13. Pagetopsis macropterus, Regan, 1913, , p. 286; 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. ('Terra Nova') Exped. 1910, Zool. I (i), p. 11; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, III (i), Fishes, p. 37, fig. 8; Norman, 1937, , p. 76. St. 1660. 27. i. 36. 74° 46-4'S, 178° 23-4'E. Large otter trawl, 351m.: 3 specimens, 185- 235 mm. Depth of body 4 to 5I in the length, length of head 2f to 2|. Snout nearly i length of head; diameter of eye about 5, interorbital width 4 to more than 4! in length of head. Maxillary extending to below anterior | or | of eye. Dorsal (IX) XII-XV, (26) 27-31. Anal 24-27. Pectoral with 22 or 23 rays, | to f length of head, extending to above vent or origin of anal; pelvics a little longer, reaching vent or not quite as far. Caudal subtruncate or a little rounded. Dark spots and vermiculations on head; irregular double cross-bars on body; spinous dorsal more or less blackish, the spines tipped with white; soft dorsal dusky; anal and caudal mostly pale; pectorals pale; pelvics blackish. Fig. 44. Pagetopsis macropterus. x J. Hab. Graham Land; Enderby Land; Mac-Robertson Land; Wilhelm Land; Queen Mary Land; Adelie Land; South Victoria Land. This species was originally described from 11 specimens, 65 to 240 mm. long, obtained from the stomach of a Weddell Seal near Cape Armitage, Ross Island: of these, 6 examples (160 to 250 mm.) are in the collection of the British Museum. Genus PSEUDOCHAENICHTHYS Pseudochaenichthys, Norman, 1937, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) xx, p. 476. Type Pseudochae- nichthys georgianus, Norman. Body naked, moderately elongate; thre
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