chusetts Bay and the Gulf of Maine ; discovered by the U. S. Fish 

 Commission in 1877. 



Family GADID^. 



30. Gadus morrhua Linnaeus, Cod-fish. 3Iorrhua americanus 

 Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 165, pi. xxvii, fig. 4. Very abun- 

 dant in the deeper waters off the coast of New England, and coming 

 up the shoals and near the shores to spawn from November, about 

 Cape Ann, to Februrary, on George's Banks. 



31. Pollachius carbonarius {Linn.) Bon. Pollock. Merlan- 

 gus purpureus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 180, pi. xxvii, fig. 3. 

 An extremely abundant resident species which, but for foolish preju- 

 dice, would constitute an important food resource. 



32. Microgadus tomcodus (IFa/fe.) Gill. Tom-cod, Frost- 

 fish. Morrhua pruinosa Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 179, pi. 

 xxvii, fig. 5. A resident species, entering brackish water; common 

 about the wharves and bridges in summer, and taken with nets and 

 hooks in winter in company with the smelt. 



33. Melanogrammus segleflnus {Linn.) Gill. Haddock. Mor- 

 rhua ceglefinus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 177, pi. xxviii, fig. 1. 

 A common resident species. 



34. Phycis tenuis {Mitch.) DeKay. Hake. Phycis americanus 

 Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 187, pi. xxix, fig. 3. A common 

 resident species. 



35. Phycis chuss (ira?6.) Gill. Phycis Jilamentosus Storer, Hist. 

 Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 189, pi. xxix, fig. 4. Less abundant than the 

 preceding, from which it it distinguished only by the greater size of 

 its scales. 



36. Phycis Chesteri Goode & Bean. Long-finned Hake. Phy- 

 cis Chesteri Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, p. 256. A 

 graceful species discovered in 1878, by the U. S. Fish Commission in 

 the deep waters of the bay ; only a few specimens have been seen. 



37. Phycis regius {Walh.) Jord. & Gilb. Spotted Hake. Phycis 

 regalis Giiuther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, p. 354. Urophycis regius 

 Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. This species has been observed at 

 Halifax, N. S., and from southern New England. It may therefore 

 claim a place in the fauna of Massachusetts Bay. 



38. Haloporphyrus viola Goode & Bean. Blue Hake. Ealo- 

 porphyrus viola Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., i, 1878, p. 257. 

 A species inhabiting the outer slopes of the off-shore banks, at a 

 depth of 200 fathoms or more, and frequently taken by the fishermen 

 on their trawl lines. 



39. Ones (Rhinonemus) cimbrius {Linn.) Goode & Bean, 



