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Gadiis cimhrius Linn., Syst. Nat. Onos cimhrhis Goode & Bean, Proc. 

 U. S. National Mus., 1878, p. 348. Motella caudacuta Storer, Hist. 

 Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 183, pi. xxix, fig. 1. A resident of the deep 

 waters of the bay where it occurs in considerable abundance. The 

 young fish swim at the surface and have been wrongfully identified 

 with the Mackerel Midge, Ciliata argentata, which is, at best, a doubt- 

 ful species, and perhaps the young of a species of Onos. 



40. Brosmius brosme {Midler) White. Cusk. Brosmius fla- 

 vescens Storer (not Lesueur;, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 190, pi. xxix, 

 fig. 2. Brosmius hrosme Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, 

 p. 369. Brosmius flavescens of Lesuer was apparently founded upon a 

 deformed specimen. A common resident of the inshore fishing 

 grounds, where it occurs in great abundance, lurking among the 

 stones, but is soon caught up by the fishermen after the discovery of 

 a new bank. 



Family MERLUCIID^. 



41. Merlucius bilinearis {Mitch.) Gill. Whiting. Silver 

 Hake. Merlucius albidus Storer, Hist. Fish. Mass., 1867, p. 185, pi. 

 xxviii, fig. 2. A frequent visitor to the shores, probably a resident of 

 the middle depths. Young were frequently trawled in deep water by 

 the U. S. Fish Commission. This species may easily be distinguished 

 from M. vulgaris of Europe by the greater number of rays in the first 

 dorsal (X-XI in 31. vulgaris, XII-XIII in M. bilinearis), and by the 

 larger size of the scales (L. lat. about 150 in M. vulgaris, 100-110 in 

 M. bilinearis). ■< 



Family LYCODID^. 



42. Lycodes Verrillii (?oo(7e tt- J5e«n. Verrill's Lycodes. Lyco- 

 des Verrillii Goode & Bean, Amer. Jour. Sci. and Arts, xvi, 1877, p. 474. 

 A common resident of the deep water of the bay, first discovered in 

 1877, by the U. S. Fish Commission, in the Gulf of Maine, attains the 

 length of seven inches or more. 



43. Lycodes Vahlii Beinhardt. Vahi.'s Lycodes. Lycodes 

 Vahlii Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., iv, 1862, p. 319. This species 

 hitherto known only from Greenland, was taken by Capt. Z. Hawkins 

 and the crew of the schooner "Gwendolen," of Gloucester, at a depth 

 of 300 to 400 fathoms, in Lat. 42° 43' N, and between Long. 62° 20', 

 and 63° 20' W. 



44. Lycodes paxillus Goode & Bean. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., ii, 

 1879. A single specimen was obtained by Captain Collins in the gully 

 between Le Have and Sable Island Banks. 



45. Zoarces anguillaris (Pec^.) /Scorer. Mutton-fish. Zoarces 



