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near Heliogland (this is perhaps the G. harhatus) ; also on the coast of 

 Schleswig-Holstein, in tbe mouth of the Sehlei, the Bay of Kiel as far 

 as Bergen, in Norway. It seems to like the deep sea where the bottom 

 is rocky and overgrown with sea-weeds. 



Motella tricirrata Nilss. is found in the Mediterranean and as far as 

 Greenland. In the Mediterranean it is found in the Bay of Naples and 

 near Trebizoud. Near Ireland it is found in the Bay of Belfast. It is 

 rare on the coasts of Great Britain,; Devonshire. Cornwall, east coast 

 of Scotland, Solway Frith. 



Motella maculata G. is found on the coasts of Europe from the Medi- 

 terranean to Great Britain J in the Mediterranean near Sicily; in the 

 Adriatic Sea near Dalmatia ; also near Madeira, on the coast of Portugal 

 near Lisbon; near Plymouth, Cannes, and on the coast of Devonshire. 



Phycis hlennioides Bl. is found on the coasts of Europe from the Medi- 

 terranean to Great Britain ; in the Mediterranean near Sicily ; very 

 large near Madeira; numerous near Liverpool, Plymouth, Palperro ; 

 near Ireland, in the Axwich Bay ; in the German Ocean ; especially on 

 the coast of Cornwall ; Flintshire near Bowness; St. Andrews, in Scot- 

 land ; in the Solway Frith. A young fish of this kind, measuring 3 

 inches in leugth, was caught at a depth of 300 feet. 



Phycis meditcrraiicus Delar. is common in the Mediterranean near 

 Sicily, where it is called Mollera Figo by the fishermen ; also in the 

 neighboring portions of the Atlantic Ocean near Madeira. It lives at 

 a great depth, sometimes 1,200 feet, but is highly esteemed, and is fre- 

 quently caught. 



Gadiculns blennioides G., Stnnsia tinea Raf., Molva elongata Nilss.j are 

 all found in the Mediterranean ; Gadiculus argenieiis Guicli. is found on 

 the coast of Algiers; Uraleptus Jlaraldii Cost, and Haloporphyms G. 

 are common to the Mediterranean and Madeira; 3Iora mcditerranea 

 Riss. from the Mediterranean to Madeira and the South Canary Islands. 

 Physiculus Balwizkii and Lcemonema YarrelUi et robnstum are found 

 near Madeira ; Chiasmodits niger and Halargyreus Jolinsonii G. live near 

 Madeira, at a depth of 1,800-1,900 feet. As with the Saccopharynop, the 

 stomach of the last-mentioned fish had, in catching it, been driven into 

 its mouth by the pressure of the air. 



/. Gadus euxinus Nordm. is a Black Sea variety, which is common 

 from the Black Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea 

 on the coast of Dalmatia. 



g. The following are North American Atlantic varieties : Gadus torn- 

 codus Miicli. is common on the Atlantic coast of the Northern States of 

 the Union near Boston and New York. Brosmius fiavescens Les. is found 

 on the Bank of Newfoundland. There are three species of Phycis on 

 the east coast of America, two in North America, and one in South 

 America. Phycis regalis G. is found on the Atlantic coast of the Union 

 near New York. Phycis auiericanus Stor. is likewise found on the east 

 coast of North America as far north as New York ; and Phycis hrasili- 



