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437.— PHY€IS* Bloch &. Schneider. 



Codlings. 



(Blocb. & Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 1801, 56: type Phijcis tinea Bloch & Schneider.) 



Body rather elongate; head subconicj mouth rather large, the 

 maxillary reaching to below eye; lower jaw included; chin with a small 

 barbel; jaws and vomer with broad bands of subequal, pointed teeth; 

 palatines toothless. Dorsal fins two, the first sometimes produced at 

 tip; second dorsal long, similar to the anal. Veutrals wide apart, 

 filamentous, each of 2 or 3 slender rays. Gill-membranes somewhat 

 connected, narrowly joined to the isthmus, {^oxl-:, an ancient name of 

 some fish living in the Fucus, ^yz«?.) 



fl. Dorsal rays scarcely produced. (Urophycisf G\\\.) 



1229- P. regriMS (Walb.) J. & G. 



Pale brownish tinged with yellowish, the lateral line dark brown, in- 

 terrupted by white spots; inside of mouth white; first dorsal largely 

 black, this color surrounded by ^yliite; second dorsal olivaceous, with 

 irregular round dark spots; caudal, anal, and pectorals dusky; von- 

 trals and lower edge of pectorals white; two vertical series of round 

 dark spots on the sides of the head. Body rather stout; head broad; 

 njouth large, the maxillary reaching posterior margin of eye. Eye less 

 than snout or interorbital width; first dorsal low, its height about equal 

 to half length of head; ventral fin longer than head, about 3^ in length 

 of body; caudal fin subtruncate. Head 4| ; depth 4 J. D. 8-43; A. 

 about 45; scales rather large, about 90 in the lateral line. North 

 Atlantic, south to Cape Fear. Said to exhibit electric powers in life. 



(Blcnmus regiiis Walb. Art. Pise. 1792, 183 : Phyds punctahis Dek. N. Y. Fauna, Fish. 

 21»2: Enchelyopus regalis Bloch. & Schu. 1801, 5:3: Plujcis ref/aUs GUnther, iv, 355.) 



1230. P. earlH Bean. 



Brown, with some li;4ht spots on the second dorsal fin and on the 

 sides; anal and both dorsals margined with brown. Body short and 

 stout; maxillary extending beyond front of eye; barbel one third 

 length of upper jaw, which is half length of head; interorbital space 

 equal to length of snout; pectorals as long as postorbital part of head; 



* "Rypsiptera argentea" Giinthcr (ii, 386 ; iv, 362) ; a very small silvery fish, occasion- 

 ally taken on onr coasts as well as on those of Europe, is now supposed to be the young 

 of species of Phycis. 



tGill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1863, 240: type Gadus rcgius Walb. (ovpa, tail; 

 (pvHi?, Phycis.) 



