1-20. GADID/E PHYCIS. 799 



ventrals reaching nearly to vent; none of the rays of first dorsal i>r<)- 

 <luced, the tin not higher than second dorsal. Head 3§; depth 4^, D. 

 10-02; A. 53; P. 15; Lat. 1. 155. L. 14 inches. Charleston, South Car- 

 olina. 

 (Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis. iii, 09, 1880.) 



rt«. Ouo. of the rays of th«' first dorsal more or less produced. ( Phycis.) , 



12:11. P. cBbuss (Walb.) Gill.— CodUnf) ; Squirrel-hake. 



Brownish above, sides lighter and tinged with yellowish; thickly 

 ])iuictulate with darker; below pale; inside of mouth white; vertical 

 tins somewhat dusky; anal tin margined with pale; lateral line not 

 <lark. Body rather slender; head depressed; eye large, about equal to 

 interorbital width; maxillary reaching posterior margin of jiupil. Fila- 

 mentous dorsal ray about two-sevenths length of body, when perfect; 

 pectorals 4 length of head; ventral fins extending beyond the vent; 

 scales comparatively large. Head4.J; depth 5. 13.9-57; A. 50; Lat. 

 1. 110. Atlantic coast, chiefly northward. 



{Blennius chussWalh. Art. Pise. 1792, 186: Enchehjopus americanm Bl. & Schii. 1801, 

 rv.\: Ph;icis amcrkanus Giinther, iv, S.'SS: Phi/cis filamentosus Storer, Fisli. Mass. o(.i7; 

 Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1853, 237.) 



12.1:3. P. tenuis (Mitch.) 'De'k.—CodUntj ; White hale; Squirrel-hake. 



Brownish, lighter and yellowish below: fins very dark. Snout longer 

 than eye, narrower and more pointed than in P. chuss. Bye large, 

 usually wider than interorbital space; maxillary reaching beyond pupil. 

 Filamentous dorsal ray about two-thirds length of head; ventral tins 

 about reaching vent. Scales very small. Head 4|; depth 5 J. D. 9- 

 57; A. 48; Lat. 1. 138. Distinguished from the preceding chietly by the 

 smaller scales. North Atlantic, south to Virginia; abundant north- 

 ward. 



{Gadus tenuis Mitch. Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y. 1815, .372; Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila. 1803, 238: Phycis dekai/i Kaup, Archiv. Naturg. i, 89, 1858.) 



1333. P. cliesteri Goode and Bean. 



Eye 3;\- in length of head; maxillary twice in head ; barbel one third 

 diameter of orbit; vent equidistant from tip of snout and end of second 

 dorsal; distance from snout to dorsal fin equals twice the length of the 

 mandible; the third ray of the second dorsal extremely elongate, its 

 length moie than twice that of head, and more than four times that of 

 the longest of the other rays ; ventral fins with the first ray one-third 

 length of body, the second about three times the length of the head, 



