PISCES. 125 



Macrurus Blocii, Lepidoleprus Risso. Head and body covered 

 with scales mostlj carinate or spinose on the posterior margin. 

 Snout jDroduced over the mouth ; mouth inferior. Numerous small 

 teeth in intermaxillary bone and lower jaw; lingual and palatine 

 teeth none. Cirrus under chin. Branchiostegous membrane with 

 six rays. Ventral fins placed under pectoral. Dorsal fins two, 

 second very long, confluent at the point of the acuminate tail with 

 anal. 



Sp. Macrurus Fabricii Sundev., Coryphmna rupestris Fabr., Bloch IcJdh. 

 Tab. T77, from Greenland, with scales sharply carinate; — Macrurus Stro- 

 emii Reinh., Coryphcenoidcs rw^es<r/sGuNNEEUS,with flat scales having fine 

 spines at the posterior margin ; on the coasts of Norway. A very similar 

 species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea, Lepkloleprus ccelorhynclius Risso, 

 BoNAP. Faun. Ital. iii. PI. 123, fig. i. 



In other species the snout is more prolonged and pointed ; as in Lepido- 

 leprus trachyrhynchus Risso, Iclith. de Nice, PI, 7, fig. 11, and a very 

 similar species from Japan, Macrurus japonicus Schlegel, Faun. Japan. 

 Pise. Tab. ri2, fig. 2, These fishes appear to reside at great depths in 

 the sea. 



Compare on this genus Sundevall Kongl. VetensTc. Acad. Handlingar 

 for 1840, pp. I — 14 (transferred to Oken's Isis, 1845, s. loi — 103). 



Ateleopus Schlegel. Scales inconspicuous or none. Head pro- 

 duced beyond the mouth, obtuse; mouth protractile, inferior. Teeth 

 small, crowded in intermaxillary bone and lower jaw; teeth in 

 palate and vomer none. Cirri none. Branchiostegous membrane 

 with eiglit rays. Ventral fins placed in fi-ont of pectoral, consisting 

 of a single cirrus formed of two rays intimately joined. Dorsal fin 

 small above the pectoral fins. Anal fin very long, distinct from the 

 small caudal. 



Ateleopus SchlegelU nob., Fauna Japonica, Pise. Tab. 112, fig. 2; the 

 only known specimen of this rare Japan fish was 2' 2" long. The genus 

 Ateleopus appears to stand between Macrurus and the sub-genus Brotula 

 (under Gadns) ; of the internal structure nothing is known. 



Oadus L. Head smooth. Body covered with scales mostly very 

 small, circular, entire at the posterior margin. Teeth conical, nume- 

 rous in intermaxillary bones, in lower jaw and in vomer. Bran- 

 chiostegous membrane with seven rays. Ventral fins jugular, acu- 

 minate. Mostly several dorsal and anal fins. 



A numerous genus of marine fishes, of which many species in 

 northern countries constitute the chief food of man, and form wlien 



