126 CLASS XIV. 



dried or salted an important article of commerce. Tlie capture of 

 these fislies is for the people of some countries, as of Iceland, what 

 the harvest is for the inhabitants of more temperate regions ; their 

 favourite food is the cod. 



A. Head broader tJian body, depressed. 



Raniceps Cuv. Dorsal fins two, first scarcely to be distinguished, 

 second long; anal fin long. Ventral fins distant, with first and 

 second rays elongate. Single cirrus of throat. 



Sp, Raniceps fuscus'K.^o^Y'ER, Blenniusfuscus Stroem., Gadusraninus'B^Xi'E.T^- 

 NICH, Mueller Zool. Danica, Tab. 45, Skandmavieyis Fiskar, Tab. 21. 

 This fish has only two rudimentary pyloric appendages, and differs more 

 from the ordinary Gadi than the rest of the sub-genera. It lives in the 

 North Sea, and also comes sometimes into the Baltic. Gadus trifmxatus 

 Pennant [Raniceps trifurcatus, Yarrell Brit. Fishes 11. p. 204), does not 

 differ from this species, according to Fries and Kroeter. 



B. Head not broader than body, compressed. 

 + Ventral fins uniradiate. 



Phycis Artedi. Dorsal fins two. Single gular cirrus. Head 

 and body covered with thin scales (larger than in the other Ga- 

 doids). 



Sp. Phycis mediterraneus Laroche, Ann. du Mas. siii. pp. 332, 333, Blen- 

 nius phycis L., Rondelet p. 186, Willughb. Tab. No. 12, fig. 3. 



Phycis furcatus, Gadus furcatus Penn., Yarrell Brit. Fishes, il. p. 201 ; 

 the ventral fins are not placed very close together. 



Brotula Cuv. Dorsal and anal fins vmited with caudal. Cirri 

 several, sometimes none. Ventral fins contiguous. 



Sp. Brotula barbata, Enchelyopus barbatus Schn., Syst. Ichth. p. 52 ; a species 

 from the West Indian Sea, figured by Parra, PI. 31, fig. 2 (whose work 

 {Description de diferenfes piesas de historia natural, Havana, 1787, 8vo,) is 

 known to me from citations alone. To this genus belong two species from 

 Japan, Brotula midtibarbata Schlegel, Faun. Japonica, Pisces, Tab. ill. 

 fig. 2, and Brotula imberbis Schlegel, ibid. fig. 3. 



In Brotula multibarbata there are only two small pyloric appendages, as 

 in Raniceps. Faun. Japonica, Pise. p. 253. 



Gadopsis nov. gen. Verany, Filippi. 



Sp. Oligopus ater Risso. Compare Ueber die Schwimmblase des Oligopus 

 ater Risso, A us einem Schreiben der Prof. Filippi in Turin an A. Kobl- 

 liker, Zeitschr. f. wisscnsch. Zool. vii. 1855, s. 170, 171. 



