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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 



caressing each other in everyp ossible manner, came right 

 up to a landing-place in 3 dm. of water, where they 

 finally hid themselves under the frame of the pier. It 

 was at the end of July too, that Malm took the above- 

 mentioned young specimen 13 nmi. in length, close to 

 the land and 3 dm. from the surface in 6 dm. of water. 

 In October, 1882, Mr. Trybom, Assistant Inspector of 

 Fisheries, received from the fishermen of Rati two young 

 Tadpole Fish between 6 and 6 '/a cm. long. All these 



circumstances go to show that the spawning-season 

 occurs in summer or spring. 



As the Tadpole P^ish is caught only in small num- 

 bers and has a slimy and repulsive appearance and an 

 unpleasant odour, it is despised by the fishermen and 

 seldom used as food. Most of the specimens taken are 

 thrown away at once. Still, the flesh is white and firm, 

 and, no doubt, of as good flavour as that of several 

 other Codfishes. (Fries, Smitt.) 



Genus BROSMIUS. 



(htlji one dorsal fin and one anal. Ventral fins irith 6 rays of falrJij aniforni letuftli, the anterior ones wifJi 

 short, free fij). Cardiforin feefli on tlic intermaxillary hones, in the lower jau\ and on the head of tlie vomer. 



Branchiostegal rays 7. 



Tliis genus also contains only one species, which 

 is of true northern nature, belonging to the Arctic 

 Ocean and the North Atlantic. 



The genus stands alone among the Codfishes in its 

 possession of only one dorsal fin; but in other respects 

 it comes near the Lings and the Burbot, and especially 

 to the Rocklings. The single species has long been 



known and has long passed in the trade in Norway" 

 by the name of Brosme, in Iceland'' by that of Keila, 

 and in England'' by those of Torsk, Tusk, and lirismak. 

 For all tliis it was unknown to Ahtedi and Linnaeus. 

 CuviEK estal)lished'' a Gadoid subgenus which he called 

 Les Brosmes; and FlejiinC adopted Brosmus as a 

 distinct fjenus. 



THE TORSK OR TUSK (sw. lubhen). 

 BROSMIUS BROSME. 



Plate XXV, fig. 4. 



Coloration Vujlit gray, more or less mixed a-itli yellow, <ni the helly grayish white; the vertical fins edged n-itJi 



white and with a black hand within this margin. 



R. hr. 7; D. 90'— 105; A. Tl^'— 76; P. 22''— 24; V. 5; 

 C. 2 + 42 + 2; Vert. 63—06. 



•Sijn. (iadus bromne, Ascan., Ic. Rer. Nat., Fasc. II, p. 7, tab. XVII; 

 Fabu., Fd. Groenl., p. 149; Walb., Ichtli. Art., Gen. Pise., 

 p. 142; Retz., Fn. Suec. Lin., p. 323; Faber, Fiscli. Id., 

 p. 84; NiLss., Prodr. Iclttli. Scand., p. 47; Val., Votj. IsL, 

 Groenl., Gaim., Atl., Poiss., tab. 5; Ekstr., Gbgs. Vet., Vitt. 

 Samh. Handl., Ny Tidsf., Haft. I (1850), p. 39; Gthr {Bros- 

 mius), Cat. Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. IV, p. 369; Coll., Forh. 

 Vid. Selsk. Christ. 1874, Tilltegsh., p. 125; ibid. 1879, No. 

 1, p. 69; Malm, Ghrjs, Boh. Fn., p. 499; Goode, Bean, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. I (1878), p. 362; Day, Fish. Gt. Brit., 



Irel., vol. I, p. 323, tab. XC, fig. 2; Jurd., Gilb., Bull. U. 



S. Nat. Mus., No. 16, p. 802; Storm, Vid. Selsk. Skr. Throndhj. 



1883, p. 37; Lillj., 6'v., Norg. Fish., vol.11, p. 202. 

 Gadus Luhb, Euphrasen, Vet. Akad. Hand!. 1794, p. 223, 



tab. VIII. 

 Brosmus vuhjaris, Flmng, 1. c; Storer, (Brosmius), Rep. Ichtli., 



Herpet. Mass., p. 136; Kr., Damn. Fisk., vol. 2, p. 215; 



NiLSS., Slcand. Fn., Fisk., p. 597; Mgbn, Finl. Fiskfn. 



(disp. Helsingf.), p. 31; Olsbn, Piscatorial Atlas, No. 21. 

 Brosmius flavescens, LeSueur., Afem. Mas., torn. V, p. 158, 



tab. 16, fig. 2; Gthr, Cat., 1. c. 

 Brosmius americamis, Gill., Proc. .4cad. Nat. So. Pliilad. 1863, 



p. 242. 



" Leem, Lapp., p. 327; Str(jm, Sendm., vol. I, p. 272, tab. I, fig. 19. 

 '' Olafsen, Reise IsL, vol. I, p. 358, No. 6. 

 ' Pennant, Brit. Zool, toni. Ill (1776), p. 178. 



'' Regne Anim., ed. I, toin. II, p. 216. In the second edition of this work (1829), torn. II, p. 334, the name of Brosjuius occurs. 

 This name is indeed two years younger than Fleming's Brosmus, but it has come into general use. 

 ^ Brit. Anim., p. 194. 

 / Sometimes 85, according to Kroyer. 

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