. Fig. 20. Trematomus loennbergii. x J. Trematomus pennellii, Regan. Trematomus pennellii, Regan, 1914, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8) xin, p. 12; 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. (' Terra Nova') Exped., 1910, Zool. i (i), p. 4, pi. iii, fig. 2; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, iii (i), Fishes, p. 20. Depth of body 4I to 5 in the length, length of head 3^ to 3J. Snout as long as or rather shorter than eye, diameter of which is 3^^ to 3^ in length of head; interorbital width 8 to 10. Jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary extending to below anterior J of eye; occiput, interorbital region,


. Fig. 20. Trematomus loennbergii. x J. Trematomus pennellii, Regan. Trematomus pennellii, Regan, 1914, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8) xin, p. 12; 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. (' Terra Nova') Exped., 1910, Zool. i (i), p. 4, pi. iii, fig. 2; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, iii (i), Fishes, p. 20. Depth of body 4I to 5 in the length, length of head 3^ to 3J. Snout as long as or rather shorter than eye, diameter of which is 3^^ to 3^ in length of head; interorbital width 8 to 10. Jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary extending to below anterior J of eye; occiput, interorbital region, cheeks and opercles scaly; 13 to 16 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Scales on body ctenoid; 52 to 56 in a longitudinal series from above base of pectoral to caudal; 32 to 36 in upper lateral line, which ends below posterior part of dorsal; lower lateral line without tubular scales. Dorsal IV-VI, 32-35; spines flexible. Anal 29-31. Pectoral with 24 or 25 rays, J or | length of head, as long as or longer than pelvics, which reach origin of anal. Caudal subtruncate; caudal peduncle as long as deep. Olivaceous, with two or three series of large dark spots, which may unite to form irregular cross-bars; distal part of spinous dorsal blackish. Hab. Queen Mary Land; South Victoria Land. The types of the species, 5 specimens 100 to 140 mm. in total length, are from off Cape Adare, 82 to 94 metres. Waite has recorded 10 specimens, up to 180 mm. in length, from off Drygalski Island, 112 metres. Trematomus centronotus, Regan. Trematomus centronotus, Regan, 1914, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8) xni, p. 12; 1914, Rep. Brit. Antarct. (' Terra Nova') Exped., 1910, Zool. i (i), p. 4, pi. iii, fig. i; Waite, 1916, Austral. Antarct. Exped. Sci. Rep., Ser. C, in (i), Fishes, p. 21; Norman,. 1937, Rep. Antarct. Res. Exped., Ser. B, i, p. 70.


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