DISCUSSION OF SPIX'IKS AND THEIU DISTRIBUTION- 365 



J10L^■A J:V];KKI.AN(ii;, Wai.isaum. 



J/(./™ hi/rhiniiij,, WAMiAiM AiU'di-.s (u'iici;i riaoiiiiii, 171I2, m, 135.— .STl!r)M. N.iisk. Vid. Sclsk. Skr., Issi, 

 35.— Coi.l,ETT Noi-nr.s Fiskc, 1S7.5, IK!; Nyt Mno. f. N;,tiirvi.l., ]«S.l, 81.- J.ii.LJKitoit.i, Sv.-ri.^ ,„.h'N<)i-.'' 

 Fisk., 130. 



ifoirn (ihi/stioriim, Nil.sson, Prodromiis, 4ti; .Skiiiiil. I'mmii., iv, 577.— (ii-NriiKi!, Cat. Fi.sli. liiit. Mils., iv 3(12. 



A 3Mva which differ.s li-uin M. rKljidris in having- tlio lower j;i\v thcloii'icr, as well as in 

 longer secoml dor.sal and anal fln.s. Strong- niaiidilmlary and vomerine teetii. \'entral tip 

 not extending- beyond that of i)eetoral. The anal and dorsal terminate in the same vertical. 



Radial tbrniula: I). 14 + 70-78; A. 74-75. 



" This species," says Giinther, "descends to a still greater depth than the common 'ling,' 

 and is abundaut between 100 and ;i()0 fathoms on the coast of Scandinavia." 



MOLVA ELONOATA, (Otto) Gcniiieh. 



Gatlits eluiigriliia, Otto, "Conspectus." 



Lota clotigala, Kissn, Hist. Nal. Knr. Moriil., 217, 1!^. xi.vil. — Bonai-akte, Cat.:il(i};ii<', No. 3(ili.— Canes- 



TKINI, Al-chive Zoologinue, ii, 3t>7. — Mokeau, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Fniiiec, in, 2(i(), ti;;. 179. 

 Molva elongata, GCnther, Cat. Fish, lirit. Jlns., iv, 362.— Canesthini, Faun. Italica, 1.57.— Oigmui.i, 



Elenco, 37. 



A Molva characterized by the length of the pectoral tin, which extends tin tlicr back- 

 ■ward than the ventral, while the anal extends further backwai'd than the dorsal; also by 

 the comparative shortness of the first dorsal tin. The lower jaw is longer tiian th(» ui>i)er 

 one. The length of the barbel is not (jnite half the width of the interorbital sjiace. Tire 

 anal is inserted behind the vertical from the origin of the .second (h)rsal. The first three 

 rays of the ventral are elongated. 



Radial formula: 1). 10-11 + 77-81: A. 7;?-78. 



Color above, ashy; below, silvery white. The dorsal and (-aiidal are margined with 

 black; white at the edge. The second dorsal has on its posterior rays a. very black spot. 

 The caudal is black at its lower posterior angle. 



This form is found only in the Mediterranean, and is very common at Nice. It occurs 

 off the west coast of Italy, though it is not abundant, fiiglioli also records it from Mes- 

 sina, where it is rare. 



PHYSICULUS, Kaup. 



rhyHiciilim, Kaup, Wiegmann's Arcliir., 1S,5S, S.S. — (!i ntuek, Cat. Fish. Hiit. Mns., iv, 348; Challeugor Ke 



port, XXII, 1887, 87. 

 Fseudophycis, GuNTiiEK, Cat. Fisli. lirit. .Mas., iv, 3.50. 



Gadoids having an elongate body, 2 dorsals and 1 anal fin, and a separate caudal. 

 Snout broad, obtusely rounded, projecting beyond tlie mouth, Avhicli is of moderate size. 

 Teeth small, villiform, of e(iual size, in bands in the jaws; vomerines and i)alatines tooth- 

 less. Scales very small, covering body and entire head. Ventrals narrow, with '> rays, tho, 

 outer ones filamentous. Anal' not notched. Caudal rounded, slender, fret. A barbel upon 

 the chin. Branchiostegals 7. (rill-rakers of tlie outer branchial arch short. 



Giinther, in his report on the deep-sea fishes of the ClKilIeiiijcr, combines his genus, the 

 rscuflojihijcis, with rhi/sicuhi.s, stating that in consequence of the discovery of several in- 

 termediate forms, a generic distincti(m Ijetwecn them can not be maintained; and further 

 that most probably the transition from the perfectly developed many-rayed fin to thesingh; 

 filament of I'hyris, will be found to be so gradual as to diminish the v;ilue of the structure 

 of this fin as a taxonomic character in this group. 



In addition to the four species described below, two other sitecies have been described— 

 P. hrcvimcHlm of Richard.son ( = P. hiwchiix, Porster), and /'. /w*-/»(/(?.s' of Giiutlier { — P. 

 palmatus, Kliinzinger), but their bathic range has not been determined. 



