326 GADIDiB. 



1. Uronectes parrii. 



Ophidium parrii, Boss in Parry's Third Voy. App. p. 109. 

 D. 50. A. 45. P. 37. 



Head very obtuse, being equal in its length, depth, and transverse 

 diameter, broader than the body, flattened and grooved between the 

 eyes, which are lateral and rather large. The greatest depth of the 

 body is somewhat more than the length of the head, which is one- 

 fourth of the total (without caudal). Neck much arched. The 

 dorsal fin rises just behind the head ; pectoral extending beyond the 

 vent. Coloration \miform. 



Baffin's Bay ; Prince Regent's Inlet. 



Specimens 8 inches long were observed. 



Fam. 3. GADID^E. 



Gadoidei, part., Cuv., IHuU. 

 GadidsB, part., Otoen. 



Body more or less elongate, covered with small smooth scales. 

 One, two or three dorsal fins, occupying nearly the whole of the back ; 

 rays of the posterior dorsal well developed : one or two anal fins. 

 Caudal free from dorsal and anal, or, if they are united, the dorsal with 

 a separate anterior portion. Ventrals jugular, composed of several 

 rays ; or, if they are reduced to a filament, the dorsal is divided into 

 two. Gill-opening wide ; the giU-membranes generally not attached 

 to the isthmus. Pseudobranchiae none or glandular, rudimentary. 

 An air-bladder and pyloric appendages generally present. 



Mostly inhabitants of the sea. Arctic and temperate regions. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



* Three dorsal and two anal fins. 



Vomerine teeth 1 . Gadcs, p. 327. 



No vomerine teeth 2. Gadiculus, p. 341. 



** Tho dorsal and two anal fins. 



Vomerine teeth 3. MoBA, p.341. 



No vomerine teeth. Teeth in the jaws rilli- 

 form, of equal size 4. Halargtsgcs, p. 342. 



*** A separate anterior dorsal ; caudal united with the second and with the anal. 

 No vomerine t«eth 5. Strinsia, p. 344. 



