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437.— PHY€IS* Bloch & Schneider. 
Codlings. 
(Bloch. & Schneider, Sysl. Ichth. 1801, 5G: type Phjjois tiuca Bloch & Schneider.) 
I>o(ly rather elongate ; head subconie ; mouth rather large, the 
maxillary reaching to below eye; lower jaw included ; chin with a small 
barbel; jaws and vomer with broad bands of subciinal, pointed teeth; 
])alatines tooUdess. Dorsal fins two, the first sometimes produced at 
tip; secoml dorsal long, similar to the anal. Yentrals wide apart, 
lilamentous, each of 2 or 3 slender rays. Gill-membranes somewhat 
connected, narrowly joined to the isthmus. {<poyd 7 , an ancient name of 
some fish living in the Fucus, <puxo:;.) 
a. Dorsal rays scarcely produced. ( Uropltycia^ Gill.) 
1*»29. P. regiaas (Walb.) J. & G. 
Pale brownish tinged with yellowish, the lateral line dark brown, in- 
terrupted by white spots; inside of mouth white; first dorsal largely 
lilack, this color surrounded by white; second dorsal olivaceous, with 
irregular round dark spots; caudal, anal, and iiectorals dusky; ven- 
trals and lower edge of pectorals white; two vertical series of round 
dark spots on the sides of the head. Body rather stout; head broad; 
mouth large, tbe maxillary reaching posterior margin of eye. Eye less 
than snout or interorbital width; first dorsal low, its height about equal 
to half length of head; ventral fin longer than head, about 3^ in length 
of body; caudal fin subtruncate. Head 4 J ; depth 4Y B. 8-43; A. 
about 45; scales rather large, about 90 in the lateral line. North 
Atlantic, south to Cape Fear. Said to exhibit electric powers in life. 
(Bknnius rcfjiHS Wall). Art. Pise. 1792, 183 : Phyeis puuctatns Dek. X. Y". Fauna, Fi.sh. 
292: Enchelyopus regalis Bloch. & Schu. 1801, hi: Fhycis reyaVis GUuther, iv, 355.) 
1230. P. earSBi Bean. 
Brown, with some light spots on the second dorsal fin and on the 
sides; anal and both dorsals margined with brown. Body short and 
stout; maxillary extending beyond front of eye; barbel one-third 
length of upper jaw, which is half length of head; interorbital space 
equal to length of snout; pectorals as long as postorbital part of head; 
* " Hypsiptera argenfea^' Giinthcr (ii, 383 ; iv, 332) ; a very small silvery fish, occasion- 
ally taken on our coasts as well as on those of Europe, is now supposed to he the young 
of species of Pit yds. 
tGill, Proc. Ac.ad. Xat. Sci. Phila. 1833,240: type Gadus Walb. (ovpa, tail; 
<pvHii, Phyeis.) 
