DISCUSSION OF SPECIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 357 



PHYCIS P.LENNIOIDES, (liRiNNiOH), Schneider. 



Gadus blennioides, Brunnich, Ichthyologia M.assiliensis, 17U8, 24. 



Phyvis UeimioideK, SuiiNKiDER, Bloeh'.s Sy.stema IcUtUyolo^'ia;, 1801,50, pi. xi.— Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. .Wrid., 



222.— GuicuE.voT, Explor. Alger., 103.— Guntiier, Cat. Fi.sh. Brit. Miis., iv, 1862, ;r)2 (d.-scription;; 



ChallengerReport, XXII, 1887, '89.— Canestrini, Fauna Italica, 150; (;aili(li,i)l.s.xui-xiv, fig 1.— Ghji.ioi.i, 



Elenco, 30. — Moke.vu, Hist. Nat. Poiss., France, iii, 204. — SruiiM, Norsk. ViJ. Scl.sk. Skril't, 1881, 70; 



1887, 35.— Collett, Nyt. Mag. f. Naturvid., 1887. 

 Gadus aWuhis, G.mei.in, Liuu. Syst. Nat., 1788, i, 1171. 



I'hycis alhidus, Vailla.vt, Exp. Sci. Travaillour et Talisman, 1888, 288, pi. xxvi, ligs. 4 and 4-', 83. 

 Phycis tinea, Schneider, Joe. cit. 



me)tiiiits ,jad(ndia, Lacicpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vii, 334. — Rissu, I<Jitli. Nice, 136. 

 Batrachuidcs GmeUiti, Risso, Ichth. Nice, 143, pi. vi, tig. 0. 

 Phycis GmcUni, Risso, op. cit., 223. 

 Phycis furcatus, Flemixc, Britisli Animals, 193, et al. 



A P%c(.s with its body 4 times as long a-i its head, wliicli is slij-htly toiigcr tlian the 

 greatest height of the body. Snout obtuse, slightly projeiitiiig, nearly as long as the diame- 

 ter of the eye. Teeth in villifonn bands on Jaws and vomtT. Origin of first dorsal directly 

 above that of pectoral, its second and third rays prolonged in a filament shorter than the 

 head. Ventrals filameutous, their tips passing the origin of the anal. Scales in lateral 

 line about 100, and in 5 to rows above lateral line under the first dorsal. 



Eadial formula: 1). 9-11 + .'iT-Gli. A. 52-55. 



Color, silvery-gray, the pectorals and ventrals \\ ith brown dots; the S(!cond <lorsal, tlie 

 anal, and the caudal edged with black; the first dorsal black in its anterior portion. 



This, the "greater fork beard" of the English books, clusi^ly related to the hakes of 

 New England, is identified by Vaillant witli various fishes found oft" Portugal at dejiths of 

 from 370 to 400 meters (stations xxv, xsvi, xxvii, lviii), and at Penon de Velez (station 

 XXVIII) at 370 meters. It has been recorded al.so from Nice, Naples, Corsica, and Sicily, 

 but never from deep water in the ilediterraiiean. Giinther admits it to the deep-sea fauna 

 on the testimony of Strom and Collett, who report it from 70 to 200 fathoms off the west 

 coast of Scandinavia. 



PHYCIS REGIUS, (\Vai.bai;m), Jordan and Gilbert. (Figure 309.) 



Blennius rcgius, Walb.h;m, Artedi, 1792, ISO. 



Urophycis regliis, Gill., Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1803, 240. 



Phycis rcyius, JoUDAXr and Gilbert, Proi^ U. S. Nat. llus., i, 1878, 371.— Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 111,1880, pp. 70,470; Bull. Mns. Coinp. Zocl., xi, 1883, 204; Cat. Fish. E.ssex Co. and Mass. Bay, 1879, 

 8.— Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., in, 1880, 70.— Jordan and Gilbert, BuU.xvi, U. S. Nat. Mus., 798. 



Enchelyopnsrcyalis, Schneider, Bloch. Syst. I(dith., i (cloth), 1801,33. 



Phycis reyalis, Kaiip, Aixhiv. i'iir Naturg. 18.-)8, 80.— Gii.L, Cat. Fish. E. Coast N. A., 1801, 49.— GCintiier, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., IV, 1802, 354 ; Challeugcr Report, XXil, 1887, 89. 



" Gadus lleiniioidi-s, Mitchill, Medical Register, 1814." 



Gadus punctatus, Mitciiii.l, ihid. 



Phycis pimctatus, DeK.W, Zool.N. Y'., Fisli., 1842, ]>. 292, PI. xlvi, fig. 149. 



A Phyein with its body 4i times as long as the head, which is but very slightly shorter 

 than the greatest height of the body. Snout obtuse and but slightly projecting, much 

 longer than the diameter of the rather small, low-set eye. Origin of the first dorsal above 

 or even slightly in advance of the vertical from that of pectoral; its rays are not prolonged 

 and it is no higher than the second dorsal. Ventrals prolonged, their tip reaching to the 

 vent, but not to the origin of the anal. Scales rather large, about 90 in the lateral line and 

 about 5 above it under the first dorsal. 



Radial formula: D. S + 4.3; A. 44-17. 



Color, pale-brownish, tinged with yidlowish, tlu^ lateral line dark brown, interrupted 

 by white spots; inside of mouth white; first dorsal largely black, this color surrounded by 

 white; second dorsal olivaceous, with irregular round darksi)ots; caudal, anal and pecto- 

 rals du.sky; ventrals and lower edge ol'ijcctorals white; two vertical scries of round dark 

 spots on the sides of the head. 



