21. BROSMIUS. 369 



dorsal and anal fins can be laid backwards in a groove, formed by the 

 scales along the base of those fins. The anterior portion of the second 

 dorsal and of the anal are elevated, and connected with the posterior 

 lower portion by a series of very short and extremely feeble rays. 

 The vent is situated at the end of the anterior third of the total 

 length. The three outer ventral fins are dilated, compressed, simple 

 and much elongate, extending to, or nearly to, the middle of the anal 

 fin ; the second and third are sometimes united at the base. Silvery, 

 minutely dotted with brown. 



Coasts of China. Philippine Islands. Mouth of the Ganges. 



a. China Sea, Presented by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Belcher, C.B, 



b, c, d. From the Haslar Collection. 



21. BROSMIUS. 



Brosmius, Cuv. R^gne Arum. 

 Body moderately elongate, covered with very small scales. A sepa- 

 rate caudal, one dorsal and one anal ; ventrals narrow, composed of 

 five rays. Teeth in the upper jaw in a narrow band ; vomerine and 

 palatine teeth. Branchiostegals seven. A barbel. 



Polar regions ; extending to the northern coasts of Europe and of 

 the United States. 



1. Brosmius brosme. 

 Brosme, Strom, Simdm. i. p. 272 ; Pontojip. Norg. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 207. 

 Torsk, Penn. Brit. Zonl. ill. p. 178. tab. 34, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 20D. 



tab. 37 ; ^Low, Faun. Ore. p. 200. 

 Ascan. ii, p. 7. tab. 17. 



Gadus hxos,n\ei, Midi. Prodr.Zool. Dan. p. 41 ; Fahr.Faun. Gi'cenl. p. 149 ; 

 *L. Gm. i. p. 1175; Bl. Schn. p. 9 ; Lacej). ii. p. 450 : Donor. Brit. Fish. 

 iii. pi. 70 ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 92 ; Fabci; Fische Isl. p. 84. 



lubb, Euphras. Vet. Akad. Handl. 1794, p. 223. tab. 8. 



Enchelyopiis lub et E. brosme, PI. Schn. p. 51. 

 Blennius torsk, Lacep. ii. p. 508. 



Brosmius vulgaris, Flem. Brit. An. p. 194 ; Jen. Man. p. 452 ; Yarr. 



Brit.Fish. ed. 2. ii. p. 285, and ed. 3. i. p. 591 ; Parn. Wern. Mem. vii. 



p. 357, or Fish. Frith of Forth, p. 197 ; Nilss. Skatid. Faun. iv. p. 597. 



? Brosmius vulgaris, Storer, Fish. Massach. p. 136 * ; Dckay, New York 



Faun. Fish. p. 289. pi. 44. fig. 143. 



D. 90. A. 75, V. 5. 

 Barbel nearly as long as the eye. The dorsal fin commences above 

 the root of the pectoral. Vomerine and palatine teeth intermixed 

 with larger ones. The upper jaw is the longest. 



Coasts of the north of Europe and America, extending into the 

 polar regions. 

 a. Fine specimen. North coast of Norway. Purchased of Mr, Brandt. 



2. Brosmius flavescens. 

 Lesueur, Mem. Mus. v. 1819, p. 158. 

 A pair of barbels at the chin. The lower jaw is the longest. 

 Banks of Newfoundland, 



* "The dorsal fin commences at a distance back of the pectorals, equal to about 

 half the length of the head." 



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