112. BATRACH1D.E PORICHTIIYS. 751 



vnth black bars, those on dorsal ami anal oblique. Teeth in mandible 

 small anteriorly, regularly increasing in size backwards ; those on voinei- 

 prominent; a broad flap above orbit; tip of maxillary and lower side of 

 mandible with conspicuous cirri; a series of smaller cirri along margin 

 of preopercle; subopercle ending in a long, sharp spine; orbit about 

 equalling interorbital width or length of snout; pectoral with a large 

 foramen in the axil. Head 2; depth 4. D. 111-27; A. 24. Massa- 

 chusetts to the West Indies; very abundant. 

 (Gadus tan Linn. Syst. Nat.; Giiuther, iii, 167.) 



Bubsp. paa'dtis Goode & Bean. 



Very pale yellowish-brown, thickly covered with round spots of dark 

 brown; those on head smaller; belly with numerous spots, the largest 

 as large as eye; back with many oblong blotches, besides small round 

 spots: fins blotched and banded; otherwise as in B. tan. Pensacola, 

 Fla. 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1879, 336.) 



399. PORICHTHYS Girard. 



(Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1854, 141: type Porichtlu/s nolatus Gr&. = Batra- 

 chtis porosissimus C. & V. ) 



Body rather elongate; head not very broad, depressed, the lower jaw 

 projecting; skin naked, with several series of mucous pores; mouth 

 wide, with conical teeth in the jaws, and a canine tooth on each side of 

 the vomer; opercle with a single spine; first dorsal with 2 very small, 

 stout spines; pectoral broad, without foramen in the axil; branchioste- 

 gals G; air bladder divided into two lateral parts; vertebrae 11+31. 

 (-<>f><>~, pore; r/Ouz, fish; in allusion to the extraordinary development 

 of the mucous system.) 



1I5O. P. poa'OSiS2Eaaas (Cnv. & Val.) Gihither. Midshipman. 



Olive brown above, with coppery reflections, the belly brassy-yellow; 

 sides with irregular broad vertical cross-blotches, most distinct in the 

 young; dorsal grayish, with oblique dark bars; vertical fins sometimes 

 margined with black; pores of lateral lines bead-like, shining silvery; 

 a white space below eye, with a black crescent below it. Head nar- 

 rowed forwards; opercle developed as a strong spine; maxillary reach- 

 ing beyond orbit; lower jaw with a single row of about 10 large, re- 

 curved teeth, behind which is a patch of small teeth; sides of jaw with 

 a single series of canines similar to those in front, but larger; upper 

 jaw with an irregular series of small teeth; palatines with a single 



