1-20. GADID.E PHYCIS, 
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veiitrals reaching nearly to vent; none of the rays of first dorsal pro- 
duced, the fin not higher than second dorsal. Head 3§; depth 4i. D. 
10 -i »25 a. 53; P.15; Lat. 1. 155. L. 14 inches. Charleston, South Car- 
olina. 
( Bean, Proc. U. S. Xat. Mns. iii, 69, 1880.) 
(ta. One of the rays of the first dorsal more or less produced. (Phyeis.) 
P. cliiiss f alb.) Gill. — Codling; Squirrel-hake. 
Brownish above, sides lighter and tinged with yellowish; thickly 
punctulate with darker; below pale; inside of mouth white; vertical 
tins somewhat dusky; anal fin margined with pale; lateral line not 
dark. Body rather slender; head depressed; eye large, about equal to 
interorbital width ; maxillary reaching posterior margin of pupil. Fila- 
mentous dorsal ray about two-sevenths length of body, when perfect ; 
])ectorals 4 length of head; ventral fins extending beyond the vent; 
scales comparatively large. Head 44; depth 5. 1). 9-57; A. 50; Lat. 
1. 110. Atlantic coast, chiefly northward. 
(Dlennius c/imss Walb. Art. Pise. 1792, 186: Enehelyopus americanns Bl. & Schn. 1801, 
59: Phyeis americanns Glinther, iv, 353: Phyeis filamentosus Storer, Fisii. Mass. 367 ; 
Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 237.) 
1242. P. tesiiiis (Mitch.) Bek.— Codling ; While hake; Squirrel-hake. 
Brownish, lighter and j^ellowish below; fins very dark. Snout longer 
than eye, narrower and more pointed than in F. chuss. Eye large, 
usually wider than interorbital space; maxillary reaching beyond pupil. 
Filamentous dorsal ray about two-thirds length of head; ventral fins 
about reaching vent. Scales very small. Head 4:|; depth 5^. D. 9- 
57; A. 48; Lat. 1. 138. Distinguished from the preceding chiefly by the 
smaller scales. North Atlantic, south to Virginia; abundant north- 
ward. 
(Gadus tenuis Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1815, 372; Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 
Sci. Phila. 1863, 238: Phyeis dekayi Kaiip, Ai’chiv. Naturg. i, 89, 1858.) 
1233. P. cliestei’i Goode and Bean. 
Eye 34 in length of head; maxillary twice in head ; barbel one third 
diameter of orbit; vent equidistant from tip of snout and end of second 
dorsal; distance from snout to dorsal fin equals twice the length of the 
mandible; the third ray of the second dorsal extremely elongate, its 
length more than twice that of head, and more than four times that of 
the longest of the other rays ; ventral fins with the first ray one-third 
length of body, the second about three times the length of the head, 
