350 GADID^. 



each side, pointing outwards and covered by skin. Operculum small, 

 with a slender horizontal spine posteriorly, the part below the spine 

 being deeply emarginate. Gill-membranes united below the throat 

 by a rather narrow cutaneous bridge, not attached to the isthmus. 

 GiU-opening wide ; gills four, a slit behind the fourth ; pseudobran- 

 chiae glandular. The trunk is rather low, its greatest depth being 

 one-sixth of the total (without caudal) ; tail tapering into a very 

 narrow band. The first dorsal fin commences behind the vertical 

 from the base of the pectoral, is somewhat higher than long, and not 

 higher than the second. The second dorsal commences immediately 

 behind the first ; its rays increase somewhat in length posteriorly, 

 one of the longest being half as long as the head. The whole fin 

 is naked. Caudal fin slender, slightly rounded, entirely free from 

 dorsal and anal, and nearly half as long as the head. The anal fin 

 commences at some distance behind the vent, which is. situated ver- 

 tically below the origin of the first dorsal ; it is very similar to the 

 second dorsal. The pectoral is inserted somewhat below the middle 

 of the body, and its length equals the distance between the front 

 margin of the eye and the end of the operculum. Ventrals narrow, 

 slender, with the outer ray produced into a filament, shorter than 

 the pectoral. 



The scales extend over the whole head, the chin and the thin lips 

 being naked. 



Uniform brownish ; fins blackish ; pectorals transparent. Inside of 

 the mouth and of the gill-opening white ; chin black. 



The largest of the specimens is 9 inches long. 



10 PSEUDOPHYCIS. 



Body of moderate length, covered with rather small scales. A 

 separate caudal ; two dorsal fins and one anal ; ventral fins vdth an 

 exceedingly narrow styliform base, but composed of several rays. 

 Teeth in the jaws in a band, of equal size ; vomerine or palatine teeth 

 none. Chin with a barbel. Branchiostegals seven. 



New Zealand. 



1. Pseudophycis breviusculus. 



Lota breviuscula, Richards. Voy. Ereb. ^ Terr. Fish. p. 61. pi. 38. fig. 1. 

 D. 8 1 46. A. 50. V. 5. L. lat. 85. 

 The ventral fin does not extend to the vent. Seven or eight series 

 of scales between the anterior dorsal and the lateral line. 



New Zealand. 

 a. Seven inches long. New Zealand. From the Haslar Collection. 



— Type of the species. 

 h. Four inches long. New Zealand. Presented by Capt. Drury. 



Description. — The height of the body equals the length of the head, 

 and is a little less than one-fourth of the total (without caudal). 

 Head as broad as high, its greatest width being three-quarters of its 



