CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 757 



second dorsal spotted ; pectorals dusky ; ventrals white ; sides of 

 head spotted ; body stout ; mouth large ; barbel on chin ; pala- 

 tines toothless; dorsals two; ventrals iilamentous, separated. 

 Dorsal rays, 8 — 43 ; anal rays, 45 ; lateral-line scales, 90. Said 

 to be electric. 



" Rare. The writer knows it only from the work of De Kay." 

 — [C. C. A.] 



P. chuss, Walb. [Blennius, Enchelyopus americanus, filamentosus.) Ling. 

 Codling. Squirrel-hake. 



Brownish above; sides tinged with yellow, and punctulate 

 with darker; lateral line not dark; body slender; eye large; 

 first ray of dorsal filamentous, two-sevenths as long as body ; 

 ventrals long. Dorsal rays, 9 — 57 ; anal rays, 50 ; lateral-line 

 scales, 110. 



"This is seldom met with along our coast, although very 

 abundant northward. A specimen was taken in Delaware Bay, 

 at Salem, N. J., in 1867." 



P. tenuis, Mitch, (dekayi, Gadus.) Codling. White Hake. Squirrel- 

 hake. 



Body lighter below ; fins very dark ; snout longer and nar- 

 rower than preceding ; filamentous dorsal ray two-thirds length 

 of head ; scales much smaller than in preceding. Dorsal rays, 

 9 — 57 ; anal rays, 48 ; lateral-line scales, 138. With the pre- 

 ceding. 



BROSMIUS, Cuv. 

 B. brosme, Miill. {Gadus, flavescens, vulgaris.) Cusk. 



Brownish, mottled ; young uniform slate color, or with trans- 

 verse yellow bands ; vertical fins black, white bordered ; upper 

 jaw longer ; head flattened ; scales very small ; chin with a 

 barbel ; branch iostegals seven ; dorsal continuous (98 rays) ; anal 

 rays, 71. 



"A rare species that is only met with as a straggler. The 

 writer has seen but two, both from Cape May." 



GADUS, L. 



G. seglifinus, L. [Melanogrammus, Gill.) Haddock. 



Dark gray above, whitish below ; lateral line black ; a dark 

 blotch above pectorals ; dorsal and caudal dusky ; snout long 



