The Codlings, or Hakes 



Great Lakes, and has been recorded from the Eagle and St. 

 Francis Lakes, and Lake Temisconti. It has been obtained from 

 various places in the headwaters of the Missouri and Columbia. 

 We have seen specimens from Red Rock Lake in Montana, Lake 

 Chelan in Washington, and from the Fraser and Columbia rivers. 

 It reaches a length of i to 3 feet, and though not usually 

 regarded as a food-fish, it is utilized in some places. Properly 

 smoked or salted it is not inferior to other coarse species. 



The ling is disposed to stay in the deeper waters of the 

 lakes it inhabits, and is not often seen in the shallows. Among 

 the many common names by which this fish is known may be 

 mentioned ling, lake lawyer, burbot and freshwater cusk. 



This species is so unlike any other American freshwater fish 

 that it can readily be identified by the accompanying figure. 



GENUS UROPHYCIS GILL 

 The Codlings, or Hakes 



In this genus the body is rather elongate, the head sub- 

 conic, mouth rather large, maxillary reaching to below the eye; 

 lower jaw included; chin with a small barbel; jaws and vomer 

 with broad bands of subequal pointed teeth; palatines toothless; 

 dorsal fins 2, the first sometimes produced at the tip, the second 

 long, similar to the anal; ventrals wide apart, filamentous, each 

 of 3 slender rays, closely jointed, appearing like one bifid fila- 

 ment; gill-membranes somewhat connected, narrowly joined to 

 the isthmus. 



This genus contains 6 or 7 species, only 2 of which are of 

 value as food. These are the white hake, U. tennis, and the 

 squirrel hake. These 2 species are found on our Atlantic Coast from 



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