120. GADID^ LOTA. 801 



erate size; cliin with a barbel; jaws with bauds of villiform teeth; 

 vomer and palatines toothless. Dorsals 2; anal fin single, not notched; 

 ventral fins with 5 rays, the outer rays filamentous; caudal rounded, 

 slender, free; brauchiostegals 7. (A diminutive of Phycis.) 



1234. P. dalWD^kii Kanp. 



Color unifonu brownish; pectoral and anal whitish; axil of pectoral, 

 chin, and belly blackish; inside of mouth white. Head broad, de- 

 pressed; cleft of mouth oblique; maxillary extending beyond vertical 

 from pupil; interorbital space flat, its width rather less than vertical 

 diameter of orbit; a concealed spine on each side of nape. Height of 

 first dorsal equalling half length of head; second dorsal somewhat 

 lower, nearly uniform in height; anal similar to second dorsal, but 

 lower; pectorals two-thirds length of head; filamentous ventral ray 

 not reaching anal. Eleven series of scales betweeen anterior dorsal 

 and lateral line. Head 4 in length; depth 5^. D. 7-67; A. 69; V. 5. 

 {GilntJier.) Madeira; lately taken in deep water off the coast of Massa- 

 chusetts. 



(Kaup, Wiegm. Arch. 1858, 88; Giintlier, iv, 348.) 



440.— MOLiVA Nilssou. 

 Lings. 

 (Nilsson, Skandinav. Fauna, 1832, iv, 57.i: type Gadus molca L. ) 



Body elongate, covered with very. small scales. Chin with a barbel; 

 lower jaw included; bands of teeth on jaws and vomer; lower jaw with 

 large canines which are arrow-shaped and movable; vomer with a curved 

 series of canines, mixed with small teeth, these mostly fixed; no teeth 

 on palatines. Gill-membranes broadly united. Two dorsal fins, both 

 well developed; one anal fin; ventrals of several rays. Northern seas. 

 (An old name of M. viilgaris.) 



1335. RI. vuSgai'is Fleming. — Ling. 



Barbel longer than eye; a short barbel at the nostril; eye as wide 

 as interorbital space. 13.15-66; A. 62; V. 6; vertebra} 27 + 37. {Qiin- 

 ther.) Greenland and Northern Europe. 



{Gadus violva L. Syst. Nat. ; Fleming, Brit. Anim. 192; Giinther, iv, 361.) 

 441.— L.OTA Cuvier. 

 Burbots. 



(Cuvier, Ri'^gno Anim. ii, 1817: type Gadus lota L. :=Lota vulgaris Jcnjns.) 



Body long and low, compressed behind. Head small, depressed, 

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