120. GADID.E - GADUS. 803 



4; depth 5|. D. 98 5 A. 71. (tftorer.) Polar regions, south to Cape 

 Cod and Denmark. 



(Gadus brosme Miiller, Prodr. Zool. Dau. 41, 1776: Gadus brosme Fabr. Faun. Grcenl. 

 140; Urosmitis flavcsccns Giintlier, iv, 369: Brosmiiis flavescens Storer, Fish. Mass. 368: 

 Brosmius brosme Gunther, iv, 369: Brosmim vulgarls Dekay, New York Fauna, Fish. 

 289.) 



443. GADUS Linnaeus. 







Cod-fishes. 



(Artedi ; Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. : type Gadus callarias or morrhua L.) 



Body moderately elongate, compressed and tapering behind. Scales 

 very small; lateral line present. Head narrowed anteriorly; mouth 

 moderate or large; chin with a barbel, which is sometimes minute; 

 teeth cardiform, subequal, or with those of one series more or less en- 

 larged; vomer with teeth; none on the palatines. Dorsal fins three, 

 well separated; anal fins two; ventral fins well developed, of about 

 seven rays. Species of the Northern Seas; highly valued as food. 



(Gadus, the Latin name, akin to the English word Cod.) 



d. Lower jaw included; barbel well developed. 



b. Vent below second dorsal; species of large size. 



c. Lateral line black; mouth small, the maxillary not reaching eye. (Mclano- 

 grammus* Gill.) 



123. G. ses'SsfiBBiis "L.HaMock. 



Dark gray above, whitish below; lateral line black; a large dark 

 blotch above the pectorals; dorsals and caudal dusky. Snout long 

 and narrow, overlapping the small mouth; maxillary barely reach- 

 ing front of orbit; teeth subequal, large, in a cardiform band in upper 

 jaw; in a single series on lower jaw and on vomer; occiput carinated; a 

 ridge extending backward from each orbit; eye very large, two-thirds 

 length of snout, 4 in head. Anterior rays of first dorsal elevated, 

 three fourths length of head, the fin pointed, higher than second and 

 third dorsals; caudal lunate; vent below front of second dorsal. The 

 skull in this species is more depressed than in Gadus callarias, broader, 

 and thinner in texture; occipital crest exceedingly high, much higher 

 than in Gadus, the wing-like projections at its base anteriorly spread- 

 ing widely, raised above the surface of the skull. Head 3f ; depth 4J. 

 D. 15-24-21; A. 23-21. North Atlantic, on both coasts; an important 

 food-fish, reaching a considerable size. 



(Gadus ceglifinus Linuteus, Syst. Nat. : Gadus ceglifinus Giinther, iv, 332: Melanogram- 

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



Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 237 : type Gadus ceglifinus L. (//e'Aa?, black; 

 }, line.) 



