GADIDAE 55 



(ii) Maxillary not or scarcely extending to beyond middle of eye. 

 a. Pelvics shorter than head. 



* Second dorsal with 57 rays; anal with 55 rays; first ray of dorsal 

 prolonged; pectoral about if in head ... ... ... ... roseus. 



** Second dorsal with 60 to 72 rays; anal with 60 to 74 rays; first ray of 

 dorsal not prolonged; pectoral if to if in head. 



f Pelvics 5- to 7-rayed, length if to 2 in head, which is 3! to 4J m 

 length of body. 



Eye 3 § to 4 in head; first dorsal with 7rays; pelvics 5-rayed dahvigkii. 

 X\ Eye 45 to 5 in head; first dorsal with 9 or 10 rays; pelvics 



7-rayed ... ... ... ... ... ... kaupi,japonicus. 



ff Pelvics 3- (or 4-) rayed, length about i\ in head, which is about 



4^ in length of body ... ... ... ... ... peregrinus. 



fi. Pelvics longer than head ... ... ... ... ... ... longifilis. 



II. No barbel ; second dorsal with 64 rays .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... edelmanni. 



Physiculus natalensis, Gilchrist (1922, Fish. Mar. Surv. S. Afr. 11, 1921, Spec. Rep. in, 

 p. 63), has been very briefly described and is not included in the above key. It appears 

 to be most nearly related to P. kaitpi and P. japonicus. 



Genus Physiculus, Kaup 



Physiculus, Kaup, 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., xxiv (1), p. 88. Type Physiculus dalwigkii, Kaup. 

 Pseudophycis, Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 350. Type Lota breviuscula, Richardson. 

 Leptophycis, Garman, 1899, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zobl., xxiv, p. 182. Type Leptophycis filifer, 

 Garman. 



Physiculus bachus (Schneider). 



Enchelyopus bachus, (Forster) Schneider, 1801, in Bloch, Syst. Ichth., p. 53. 



Lota breviuscula, Richardson, 1846, Zool. 'Erebus' and 'Terror', Fish., p. 61, pi. xxxviii, fig. 1; 



Giinther, 1862, Cat. Fish., iv, p. 350. 

 Lotella bacchus, Giinther, 1862, t.c, p. 347; Hutton, 1872, Fish. N. Zealand, p. 46. 

 Physiculus bachus, Waite, 191 1, Rec. Canterbury Mus., 1, p. 183, pi. xxxi, fig. 1 ; Phillipps, 1927, 



N. Zealand Mar. Dept. Fish. Bull., 1, p. 23 ; McCulloch, 1929, Mem. Austral. Mus., v, p. 129. 



Hob. New South Wales; South Australia; New Zealand. 



In the British Museum 13 specimens, 92-550 mm. in total length. 



Physiculus barbatus (Giinther). 



Pseudophycis barbatus, Giinther, 1863, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) XI, p. 116. 

 Physiculus palmatus, Klunzinger, 1872, Arch. Naturgesch., xxxviii (1), p. 38. 

 Lotella grandis, Ramsay, 1881, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, v, p. 462. 

 Physiculus barbatus, McCulloch, 1929, Mem. Austral. Mus., v, p. 128. 



Hah. South-eastern Australia and Tasmania; New Zealand. 



In the British Museum 3 specimens, 260-430 mm. in total length, including the type 

 of the species, a stuffed specimen, 430 mm. long, from Victoria. 

 Perhaps identical with the preceding species. 



Physiculus marginatus (Giinther). 

 For synonymy, etc. see pp. 53-54. 



