. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. HARPAGIFERIDAE SI Caudal a little rounded. Body faintly spotted and marbled with darker; a more distinct dark blotch on either side of base of anterior part of soft dorsal; upper surface of head without markings; dorsals, caudal and pectorals with series of dark spots on the rays. Hab. Queen Mary Land; South Victoria Land. The type of the species, 290 mm. in total length, is from the Ross Sea, 74° 25' S, 179° 3' E, at a depth of 295 metres. The 'Aurora' obtained a single example, 240 mm. in leng
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. HARPAGIFERIDAE SI Caudal a little rounded. Body faintly spotted and marbled with darker; a more distinct dark blotch on either side of base of anterior part of soft dorsal; upper surface of head without markings; dorsals, caudal and pectorals with series of dark spots on the rays. Hab. Queen Mary Land; South Victoria Land. The type of the species, 290 mm. in total length, is from the Ross Sea, 74° 25' S, 179° 3' E, at a depth of 295 metres. The 'Aurora' obtained a single example, 240 mm. in length, from off Drygalski Island at a depth of 112 metres. Pogonophryne marmoratus, ? Artedidraco skottsbergi, Lonnberg, 1905, Wiss. Ergebn. Schwed. , v (6), pi. ii, fig-7- St. 1948. 60° 49-4'S, 52°4o'W. Rectangular dredge, with Russell net, 490-610 m.: I male specimen, 175 mm. Holotype. Closely related to P. scotti, but head about if times as long as broad; interorbital width more than 7 in length of head; barbel a little longer than diameter of eye, papil- lose, with terminal expansion. Dorsal II, 25. Anal 16. Upper surface and sides of head and body mottled and spotted with purplish brown; lower parts of body mainly blackish; soft dorsal and pectorals with series of dark spots, sometimes tending to form irregular bars; an irregular dark patch covering part of caudal; anal pale; inner rays of pelvics Fig. 31. Pogonophryne marmoratus. Holotype. xj. Hab. Near the South Shetland Islands. Regan [1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. (' Terra Nova') Exped. 1910, Zool. i (i), p. 9] has suggested that the coloured drawing of a fish from the Bransfield Straits, 849 metres, reproduced by Lonnberg as Artedidraco skottsbergi, "seems rather to represent a 7-2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble
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