356 DEEP-SEA FISHES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. 



PHYCIS, Schneider. 



Phyeis, Schnkidf.r, Bloch's Systema IchthyologiiP, 1801, 56 (type, I'hycis tinea, Schn.).— Civier, R.~^gne 

 Anim.al, cil. 1, 1817, ii, 216.— Gunt/IER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 351.— Jokdan aud Gilbeut, Hull. ,\vi, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 7;t8. 



Gadoids with rather elongate body, and with two dorsal fins, the first sometinios ])ro- 

 duced at the tip, and the second long, similar to tlic single anal. Head soiii('\\ii;it com- 

 pressed; mouth rather large, the maxillary extending beyond vertical liom liont ot orbit; 

 lower jaw iiiclnded; broad bands'of subequal, pointed teeth on. jaws and vomer, palatines 

 toothless. Ventrals narrow, filamentous, each of 3 rays and widely separated. Gill mem- 

 branes slightly coiinected, narrowly joined to the isthmus. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PHYCIS. 



I. No filamentous ray iu first dorsal. 



A. First dor8.al triangular. 



1. Second dorsalUiearly .as higli as first, 130 scales iu lat. line P. .mediterraneus 



2. Second dorsal much lower than first, 100 scales iu lat. line P. blennioides 



B. First dorsal falcate. 



1. Lateral line geutly arched, with wliite spots. Pectorals passing veutrals. About 90 scales in 



lat. line P. regius 



2. Lateral line strongly arched, broad over pectoral. Ventrals passing pectorals. About 155 scales 



in lat. line [P. Earlii] 



C. First dorsal rouuded, not higher than second. 



1. Lateral line gently arched in front. 



o. Vent very far back. Ventrals attenuate, surpassing origin of anal. About 90 scales in lat. 



liue P. CIRRATUS 



II. A prolonged filamentous ray in first dorsal. 



A. Ventr.als less than half as long as body. 



1. Lateral line gently arched. Ventrals surpassing pectorals. 



a. Scales moderate, about 110 in lat. line P. CHl'S.s 



b. Scales small, about 138 in lat. line P. tenuis 



B. Ventrals more than half as long as body. 



1. Lateral lino strongly bowed anteriorly. Ventrals very elongate. 



o. Scales large, about 90 iu lat. lino P. Chesteri 



PHYCIS MEDITERRANEUS, De La Roche. 



Blennius phyeis, LINN.EUS, Systema Naturse, ed. xii, 1766, 442. — Brunnich, Ichthyologia Massiliensis, 28.— 

 De la Roche, Ann. Mus., xiv, 1809, 280.— Eisso, Ichth., Nice, 125. 



Phyeis mediterraneus, De la Roche, Ann. Mus., xiii, 1808, 332; Mcmoires, 46. — Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Mdrid., 

 222.— Guichenot, Explor. Alger., 103.— Costa, Fauna Napol.— Lowe, Fishes of Madeira, 191, pi. xxvii.— 

 GOnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., i v, 354. — Canestrini, Archiv. Zool., ii, 364 ; F.auna Italica, 157. — Giglioli, 



Elenco, 336.— Vaillant, Exp. Sci. Travailleur et Talisman, 1888, 289. — Moreau, Hist. Nat. Poiss., France, 



III. 266. 



Phyeis Umbatua, Valenciennes, iu Webb and Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Ilea., Canar., 78, xiv, fig. 2. 



A Phyeis with its body 4 times the length of the head, which is slightly longer tlian its 

 greatest height. Suont obtuse, projecting, longer than the diameter of the eye. Origin of 

 first dorsal somewhat behind that of pectoral ; its rays are not produced and it is scai'cely 

 higher than the .second. Ventrals .somewhat prolonged, but their tijts not passing the origin 

 of the anal. Scales small, about 130 in the lateral line, aud 11 or 12 series above the lateral 

 line below the first dorsal. 



Radial formula: D. 9-11 + 57-63. A. 52-00. 



Color brownish; dark upon the back, lighter upon the belly. Vertical fins with a black 

 margin and a narrow, white edge. 



This .southern European Hake is known from the Canaries and Madeira; at moderate 

 depths in the Mediterranean at Nice, Naples, aud Sicily, and the coast of Algiers ; and also 

 in the Adriatic at Trieste and Venice; and is rare everywhere. It was takeii by the 

 Travailleur iu 1882 in the Gulf of Gascony (station i) at a depth of Oil meters. 



