120. GADID^E PHYCIS. 799 



ventrals reaching nearly to vent; none of the rays of first dorsal pro- 

 duced, the fin not higher than second dorsal. Head 3; depth 4. D. 

 10-02; A. 53; P. 15; Lat. 1. 155. L. 14 inches. Charleston, South Car- 

 olina. 



(Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. iii, 69, 1880.) 



at(. One of the rays of the first dorsal more or less produced. (PJu/cis.) 

 1231. P. chuss (Walb.) Gill. Codling ; Squirrel-hake. 



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Brownish above, sides lighter and tinged with yellowish; thickly 

 punctulate with darker; below pale; inside of mouth white; vertical 

 tins somewhat dusky; anal tin margined with pale; lateral line not 

 dark. Body rather slender; head depressed; eye large, about equal to 

 iiiterorbital width ; maxillary reaching posterior margin of pupil. Fila- 

 mentous dorsal ray about two-sevenths length of body, when perfect; 

 pectorals length of head; ventral fins extending beyond the vent; 

 scales comparatively large. Head4i; depth 5. D. 9-57; A. 50; Lat. 

 1. 110. Atlantic coast, chiefly northward. 



(Blennius chuss Walb. Art. Pise. 1792, 186: Enchelyopus americanw Bl. & Schn. 1801, 

 53: Phi/cis americanus Giinther, iv, 3f>3: Plit/cis filamentosus Storer, Fish. Mass. 367; 

 Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1863, 237.) 



12.2. P. tenuis (Mitch.) Dek. Codling; White hake; Squirrel-hake. 



Brownish, lighter and yellowish below: fins very dark. Snout longer 

 than eye, narrower and more pointed than in P. chuss. Eye large, 

 usually wider than in terorbital space; maxillary reaching beyond pupil. 

 Filamentous dorsal ray about two-thirds length of head; ventral fins 

 about reaching vent. Scales very small. Head 4^; depth 5J. D. 9- 

 57; A. 48; Lat. 1. 138. Distinguished from the preceding chie.fly by the 

 smaller scales. North Atlantic, south to Virginia; abundant north- 

 ward. 



(Gadus tennis Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1815, 372; Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. 1863, 238: Pliycis dekai/i Kaup, Archiv. Naturg. i, 89, 1858.) 



1233. IP. cliesteri Goode and Bean. 



Eye 3$ in length of head; maxillary twice in head ; barbel one third 

 diameter of orbit ; vent equidistant from tip of snout and end of second 

 dorsal; distance from snout to dorsal fin equals twice the length of the 

 mandible; the third ray of the second dorsal extremely elongate, its 

 length more than twice that of head, and more than four times that of 

 the longest of the other rays ; ventral fins with the first ray one-third 

 length of -body, the second about three times the length of the head, 



