11. pnycTs. 355 



immediately behind the vertical from the root of the pectorals. The 

 margins of the second dorsal and of the anal are even, slightly rounded 

 behind, the latter tin being somewhat the lower. Caudal rounded, 

 entirely free from dorsal and anal. Pectoral two-thirds as long as 

 the head. The vent is situated below the fifth ray of the second 

 dorsal, and the anal commences nearly immediately behind it. 



Body brown, immaculate ; vertical fins with black margin and a 

 white edge. Vent black. Inside of mouth white. 



This species is known to attain to a length of 2 feet. 



The skeleton does not diff"er essentially in its structure from that 

 of the true Gadus. The abdominal cavity terminates below the 

 eighteenth or ninetecth vertebra, and taking these as the last ab- 

 dominal vertebra;, we find the caudal portion much longer than the 

 abdominal. The neural spines of the twelve anterior vcrtebrte are 

 very strong and dilated, the remainder being slender. The third 

 vertebra has a pair of short prominences at its abdominal surface, 

 for the attachment of the anterior portion of the air-bladder. The 

 parapophyscs of the middle abdominal vertebra? are long and slightly 

 dilated at the base, bearing ribs. The processes of the five posterior 

 abdominal vertebrse are joined below with those from the other sides, 

 forming complete rings which gradually pass into the haemal canal. 



The pubic bone is composed of two branches, one of which is 

 transverse, joined by one extremity to the puliic of the other side, 

 and bearing the ventral fin on the other end. The second branch 

 is directed backwards, extremely slender and long. 



6. Phycis regalis. 



Blennius, sp., SchocpfinSchrift.Geselkch. Naturf. Freunde. Berlin, viii. 



p. 142. 

 Enchelyopus regalis, Bl. Schii. p. 5.3. 

 Gadus punctatus, ,1///^/;. Trcing. Lit. ^- Phil. Soc. Xeio York, i. p. 372. 



pi. 1. fig. 5 ; Bichard.s. Faun. Bor.-Amer. Fis/i. iii. p. 253 (fig. bad). 



bleimoides, 3Iitdi. I. c. p. 370 *. 



Phycis punctatus, lJekai/,JVe2v York Faun. Fish. p. 292. pi. 46. fig. 149. 



D. 9 I 48. A. 56. L. lat. 100. 



The first dorsal has the rays not produced into filaments, and is 

 not higher than the second : the ventral extends to the origin of the 

 anal. Six or seven scries of scales between the anterior dorsal and 

 the lateral line. Yentrals whitish, immaculate. Some dark spots on 

 the side of the head, arranged in vertical series. 



Atlantic coasts of the United States. 



a-b. Adult. North America. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 

 c. Half-grown : skin. New York. From Dr. ParneU's Collection. 

 Description. — The height of the body is somewhat less than the 

 length of the head, Mhich is nearly one-ftnirth of the total (without 

 caudal fin). Snout obtuse, rounded, somewhat depressed, with the 



* This description appears to have been taken from a specimen in wliich the 

 second dorsal was accidentnllv divided into two. 



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