390 MACRURID^. 



Fam. 6. MACRURIDtE. 



Gadoidei, pt., Cuv., Miill. 

 Gadidae, pt., Owe7i. 

 Macraridae^ Richardson. 



Body terminating in a long, compressed, tapering tail, covered 

 with spiny, keeled or striated scales. One short anterior dorsal, the 

 second very long, contiaued to the end of the taU and composed of 

 very feeble rays ; anal of an extent similar to that of the second 

 dorsal ; no caudal. Ventral fins thoracic or jugular, composed of 

 several rays. Pseudobranchise none ; six or seven branchiostegals. 

 Air-bladder present. Pyloric appendages numerous. 



Temperate parts of the North Atlantic. Mediterranean. Japanese 

 Mid Australian seas. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



Scales of moderate size ; snout produced, conical ; 



mouth inferior 1. Maceueus, p. 390. 



Scales of moderate size; snout obtuse, obliquely 



truncated ; cleft of the mouth lateral 2. Coeyph^bn oidks, p. 395. 



Scales very small 3. Maiacocbphalus, p. 896. 



1. MACRURUS. 



Macrourus, Block, i. p. 152. 

 Lepidoleprus, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 197. 



Scales of moderate size, keeled or spiny. Snout produced, conical ; 

 mowtii inferior. Head with rough ridges ; the suborbital ring forms 

 a strong lateral ridge, joined with, and supporting the angle of the 

 praeopercvdum, which has a very distinct ridge. Teeth in a band, 

 villiform or cardiform, without larger ones in the outer series ; palate 

 smooth. Ventral fins below, or immediately behind or before the 

 pectorals. A barbel. 



Mediterranean ; temperate parts of the North Atlantic ; Japan ; 

 Australia. 



1. Macrurus rupestris. 



Coryphaena rupestris, Fabr. Faun. Grostd. p. 154; L. Gm. i. p. 1195. 

 Macrourus rupestris, Bl. i. p. 152. taf. 177 ; Bl. ScJin. p. 103. tab. 20 ; 



Nilss. Skancl Faun. Fisk. p. 604. 

 fabricii, Sundev. Vet. Afcad. Handl. 1840, p. 6. 



D. 11 I 124. A. 148. V. 8. 



Five series of scales between the first dorsal and the lateiW line ; 

 each scale with a strong longitudinal keel, terminating in a point. 

 The first ray of the first dorsal rounded at the base, denticulated 



