Jordan and Evermann. — Fishes of North America. 2561 



Onos cimbrius, GooDE &, Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 349; Goode & Bean, Bull. Es.sex 

 Inst., XI, 1879; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 797, 1883; Gooue & Bean, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., X, No. 5, 217, 1883. 



Hhinonemus cimbrius, Jordan, Cat. Fish N. A., 128, 1885; Goode ifc Bean, Oceanic Ichthy- 

 ology, 384, fig. 328, 1896. 



Enchelyopus cimbricus (misprint for cimbrixtn), Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ich., 50, pi. 9, 

 1801. 



994- BROSME (Cuvier) Oken. 



(CUSKS.) 



Les Brosmes, Cuvier, Regne Animal, Ed. I, vol. 2, 216, 1817 (brosme). 



Brosme, Oken, Isis, 1817, 1182 ; after Ccviee. 



Brosinius, Cuvier, Regne Animal Ed. 2, vol. II, 334, 1829 (brosme). 



Body moderately elongate, covered with very small scales. Mouth rather 

 large, v^ith teeth in the jaws, vomer, and palatines, some of those on the 

 vomer and palatines enlarged; chin with a barbel; Itraiichiostegals 7. 

 Dorsal fin single, continuous, not elevated, not notched; anal fin similar, 

 but shorter; caudal fin rounded; ventral fin several-rayed. Northern 

 seas. (From the Danish vernacular name, brosme.) 



2937. BROSME BROSME (Miiller). 



(CUSK.) 



D. 98; A. 71; P. 24; V. 5. Body cylindrical, posteriorly compressed; 

 head flattened above. Mouth large, obli([ue, maxillary reaching beyond 

 orbit; lower jaw included; several rows of sharp teeth on jaws, 

 vomer, and palatines; barbel about r> in head; interorbital greater than 

 the diameter of eye. Origin of dorsal above anterior half of pectoral; 

 pectoral round, 2k in head; caudal rounded behind. Brownish above, the 

 sides yellowish, sometimes mottled with brown ; young uniform dark 

 slate color, or with transverse yellow bands; vertical fins bordered with 

 blackish, and with a white edge. (Storer.) North Atlantic, south to Cape 

 Cod and Denmark ; rare southward on our coasts, (hrosme, a Danish 

 name.) 



Oadus brosme, Mltller, Prodr. Zool. Dan., 41, 1776, Denmark; Fabeicius Fauna Groen- 



landica, 140, 1780. 

 Oadus lubb, Euphrasen, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1794, 223, tab. 8. 



Gadus torsk, Bonnaterre, Encycl. Meth., 51, 1788, Sondmore, Norway; after Strom. 

 Brosmnis vulgaris, Fleming, British Anim., 194, 1828. 

 Brosmias flavi'sny, Le Sueur, Mem. Mus., v, 1819, 158, Banks of Newfoundland; cliin 



with 2 barbels; lower jaw longest. 

 Brosmius flavescens, GOnther, Cat., IV, 369, 1862; Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 368, 1867. 

 Enchelyopus brosme, Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth.,51, 1801. 

 Brosmius brosme, Gunther Cat., iv, 369, 18C2; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 802, 1883; 



Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 3S5, fi-. 329, 1896. 

 Blennius torsk, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ll, 508, 1800. 



Family CCX\^ MACROUEID^. 



(The Grkxadiers.) 



Body elongate, tapering into a very long comjjressed tail, which ends in 

 a point; scales moderate, usually keeled or spinous, sometimes smooth. 

 Sul)orbital bones enlarged, sometimes cavernous. Teeth villifurm or cardi- 



