. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 104 DISCOVERY REPORTS Depth of body 9 to 10 in the length, length of head 5! to 6. Diameter of eye about 7 in length of head, about equal to interocular width. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye; lower jaw distinctly shorter than upper. 100 to 115 rays in the dorsal fin, 75 to 85 in the anal; distance from head to origin of anal 1^ to i| times length of head. Pectoral about f, pelvic \ to \ the length of head. Body brownish, with a series of pale areas along upper parts of sides, continu
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 104 DISCOVERY REPORTS Depth of body 9 to 10 in the length, length of head 5! to 6. Diameter of eye about 7 in length of head, about equal to interocular width. Maxillary extending to below middle of eye; lower jaw distinctly shorter than upper. 100 to 115 rays in the dorsal fin, 75 to 85 in the anal; distance from head to origin of anal 1^ to i| times length of head. Pectoral about f, pelvic \ to \ the length of head. Body brownish, with a series of pale areas along upper parts of sides, continued on to the dorsal fin; other irregular pale spots and blotches scattered over lower parts of sides; abdomen and lower parts of head pale; snout and jaws pale yellowish-white, a sharp line separating this colour from the dark brown of the rest of the head, the latter sometimes projecting below the eye as a short bar; a pale area on the nape; pectorals pale, with a large dark area above; pelvics Fig. 53. Austrolycus laticinctus. x f. Hob. Coast of Argentina(?); Patagonian-Falklands region; Tierra del Fuego. The above specimens agree very well with Berg's description of Lycodes laticinctus, the type of which was 155 mm. long and came from Santa Cruz. Steindachner's Lycodes platei from the east coast of Tierra del Fuego, the type of which was 234 mm. long, is an undoubted synonym, as is the example from Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, described and figured by Smitt (fig. 35) as Phucocoetes variegahis macropiis. The young example, also identified by Smitt as P. variegahis macropus (fig. 36), is, as far as I can judge, a specimen of Iluocoetes fimbriatus. LycodaJepis morenoi, Lahille, was based upon a single large specimen (620 mm.) from Cape San Antonio (360 20' S). The tail appears to be shorter and the coloration somewhat different, but it seems probable that this form represents the same species as that described by Berg. Genus Phucocoetes, Jenyns 1842, Zool. 'Beagle'
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