DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 357 



PHYCIS BLENNIOIDES, l BrOnnk h i, S( hm im r. 



Gadas blennioides, BrOnnich, [chthyologia Massiliensis, L768, 24. 



Phycis blennioides, Schneider, Bloch's Systema Ichthyologia, 1801,56, pi. xi. — Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Merid., 



222. — Goicbtenot, Explor. Alger., 103. — GOnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., i\, L862, 352 (description); 



Challenger Report, \\n, L887, '89. — Canestrini, Fauna Halica, 156; Gadidi, pls.xiu xiv, figl. Giglioli, 



Elenco, 36.— MoreaC, Hist. Nat. Poiss., France, in, 264. — Strom, Norsk. Vid. Selsk. Skrift, 1881, 76; 



1887, 35.— Collett, \yl. Mag. I'. Naturvid., 1887. 

 Gadus albidus, Omei.in. Linn. Syst. Nat., 1788, i. 1171. 



Phycia albidus, Vaili \\i. Exp. Sci. Travailleur ei Talisman, 1888,288, pi. xxvi, Sgs. 1 and I \ 83. 

 Phi/vis tinea, Schneider, lor. ril. 



Blennius gadoides, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vn, 334. — Risso, Ichth. Nice, 136 

 Batraohoides Gmelini, Risso, Ichth. Nice, 143, pi. vi, 6g. 6. 

 Phycis i: in' lini. Risso, op. cit., 223. 

 Phycis furcatus, Fleming, British Animals, 193, et ul. 



APIii/ris with its body 4 times as long as its head, which is slightly longer than the 

 greatest heightof the body. Snout obtuse, slightly projecting, Dearly as long as the diame 

 tor of the eye Teeth in villiform bauds on jaws ami vomer. Origin of lirst dorsal directly 

 above that of pectoral, its second and third rays prolonged in a filament shorter than the 

 head. Ventrals filamentous, their tips passing the origin of the anal. Scales in lateral 

 line about 101), ami in ~> to 6 rows above lateral line under the first dorsal. 



Eadial formula: 1). 9-11 + :>l-iY2. A. 52-55. 



Color, silvery-gray, the pectorals ami centrals with brown dots; the second dorsal, the 

 anal, aud the caudal edged witli black; the first dorsal black in its anterior portion. 



This, the "greater fork beard" of the English books, closely related to the hakes of 

 New England, is identified by Vaillant with various fishes found off Portugal at depths of 

 from 370 to 400 meters (stations XXV, xxvr, xxvit, lviii), and at Peuon de Velez (station 

 xxviii) at 370 meters. It has been recorded also from Nice, Naples, Corsica, and Sicily, 

 but never from deep water in the Mediterranean. Giinther admits it to the deep-sea fauna 

 on the testimony of Strom and Collett, who report it from 70 to 200 fathoms off the west 

 coast of Scandinavia. 



PHYCIS REGIUS, (Walbaum), Jordan and Gilbert. (Figure 309.) 



Blennius regius, Walbaum, Artedi, 179-'. 186. 



Urophycis regius, Gill., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sri. Phila , 1863, 240. 



I'ligris regius, Jordan ami Gilbert, Proc. I*. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878,371. — GooDEand Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 m,1880, pp. 70,476; Hull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xi, 1883, 204; Cat. Fish. Essex Co. ami Mass. Bay, 1879, 

 8.— Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., in, 1880, 70. — Jordan ami GILBERT, Bull. XVI, U. S. Nat. Mus., 79s. 



Enchelyopusregalis, Schneider, Bloch. Syst. Ichth., i (cloth), 1801,33. 



Phycis regalis, Kaup, Archiv. fur Naturg. 1858, 89.— Gill, Cat. Fish. E. Coast, N. A., 1861, 49. — Gcnthee, ('at . 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., IV, 1862, 334; Challenger Report, xxn, 1887, 89. 



" Gadus blennioides, Mitchill, Medical Register, 1814." 



Gadus punctatus, Mnciin.i., ibid. 



Phycis punctatus, DeKav, Zool.N.Y., Fish., 1842, p. 292, PI. xlvi, fig. 149. 



A Plu/ris with its body 4£ times as long as the head, which is but very slightly shorter 

 than the greatest height of the body. Snout obtuse and but slightly projecting, much 

 longer than the diameter of the rather small, low set eye. Origin of the first dorsal above 

 or even slightly in advance of the vertical from that of pectoral; its rays are not prolonged 

 and it is no higher than the second dorsal. Ventrals prolonged, their tip reaching to the 

 vent, but not to the origin of the anal. Scales rather large, about 00 in the lateral line aud 

 about 5 above it under the first dorsal. 



Eadial formula: I>. s + 43; A. 44-47. 



Color, pale-brownish, tinged with yellowish, the lateral line dark brown, interrupted 

 by white spots; inside of mouth white; first dorsal largely black, this color surrounded bj 

 white; second dorsal olivaceous, with irregular round dark spots; caudal, anal and pecto- 

 rals dusky; ventrals and lower edge of pectorals white; two vertical scries of round dark 

 spots on the sides of the head. 



