Jordaii and Evermann.— Fishes of Nofth America. 2543 



teeth subeqnal, large, in a cardiform band in npper jaw; in a single series 

 on lower jaw and on vomer; occiput earinated; ai ridge extending back- 

 ward from each orbit; eye very large, f length of snout, 4 in head. Ante- 

 rior rays of first dorsal elevated, | length of head, the fin pointed, higher 

 than second and third dorsals; caudal lunate; vent below front of second 

 dorsal. The skull in this species is more depressed than in Gadus callarias, 

 broader, and thinner in texture ; occipital crest exceedingly high, much 

 higher than in Gadus, the wing-like projections at its base anteriorly 

 spreading widely, raised above the surface of the skull. Dark gray 

 above, whitish below; lateral line black; a large dark blotch above the 

 pectorals; dorsals and caudal dusky. North Atlantic, on both coasts, 

 south to France and North Carolina; in deeper water to Cape Hatteras; 

 an important food-fish, reaching a considerable size. (En.) {wylefinus, 

 an old name of the haddock, from the French Aiglefin or Aigrefin, accord- 

 ing to Bellon; perhajis from aigre faim, extremely hungry, voracious.) 



Gadws a-^Je/Jnw*, LiNN^us, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 251,1758, seas of Europe, after Gadus, etc., 

 Cauda biluba, of the Fauna Suecica; Jordan «fe Gilbert, Synopsis, 803, 1883. 



Morrhua (eglefinus, Fleming, British Animals, 191, 1828. 



Morrhua punctaUis, Flemino, British Animals, 192, 1828. 



JLreianog'r(imr?(Msee(;if/inws, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci.Phila. 1862, 280; ibid. 1863,237; Goode 

 & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 354, 1896. 



^glefinus linncei, Malm, Gotheborgs och Bohuslans Fauna, '181, 1877. 



983. LEPIDION, Swainson 



Lepidion* Swainson, Nat. Hist. Class'n Anim., i, 318, 1838, and 11, 300, 1839 (lepidion). 

 Saloporphynis, GuNTHEE, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus.. IV, 358, 1862 (lepidion). 



Body elongate, covered with small scales ; head not greatly depressed, 

 higher than broad; the snout subcorneal, obtusely rounded; tail tapering 

 behind; jaws with bands of villiform teeth; a roundish patch of teeth on 

 vomer; no teeth on palatines; chin with a barbel; branchiostegals 7. 

 Caudal fin separate ; 2 dorsal fins and 1 anal ; the first dorsal short ; ventrals 

 narrow, of 6 rays. Deep waters. The American species distinguished from 

 the Lepidion lepidion. (Risso), of the Mediterranean, by its non-filamen- 

 tous first dorsal. (XertiSiov, diminutive of XsTfii, scale: — small-scaled.) 



2913. LEPIDION VERECUNDUM, Jordan & Cramer. 



Head 3^; depth 4^. D.VIII-40; A. 37; V. apparently 4 (some rays broken 

 on each side); scales about 7.5, not to be exactly counted. Body robust, 

 compressed, tapering from the large head to the very slender, attenuate 

 tail, which is not so broad as pupil ; head large, not greatly compressed, 

 not keeled above, its sides scaly ; lower jaw with some scales; interorbital 

 space depressed, 5| in head; eye very large (in young), 2f in head; snout 

 short, depressed, not pointed, and with lateral keel, 5f in head; preorbital 

 very narrow ; mouth rather large, obli([ue, the maxillary reaching to below 

 front of pupil, 2 J in head; lower jaw slightly longer, its tip with a stiiitish 

 pointed projection representing the barbel; teeth small, in bands, a few 



* Lepidion is sufficiently distinct from Lepidia, Savigny, 1817. 



