The collection of the fishes trawled in the Ross Sea

Abstract

About three hundred specimens of fishes trawled in the Ross Sea have been identified. They represent twenty-four species and six families. Pleuragramma antarcticum BOULENGER is by far the commonest and Chionodraco myersi DEWITT and TYLER is the second in abundance. Two specimens of Vomeridens infuscipinnis (DEWITT) are included. This species has never been recorded from the Ross Sea. In Chionodraco myersi, variation in color and the relative length of the first dorsal fin seems to be related with the sexes. The collection contained nine specimens of the genus Cryodraco of which specific identification is difficult because of some confusion, evaluation of in the length of the lower lateral line and the relative length of the pelvic fin.