236 Storefs Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



stripes along the body. Dorsal, caudal, and posterior portion of anal, edged with black on 

 their margins. Pectorals yellow. 



D. 120. P. 22. A. 75. C. 17. Length, 9 inches. 



New York, Mitchill, Dekay-. 



Called "Little Cusk," by the fishermen. 



Ophidium barbatum, Cicrhous Ophidium, Mitchill, Trans. Lit and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 3C.2, pi. 1. 



ag. ■-'. 



Ophidium marginatum, New York Ophidium, Dekay's Report, p. 315; pi. 52, fig. 1G9. 



2. Ophidium stigma, Bennett. 



Dilute brown, spotted, and with a purplish spot near the beginning of the dorsal fin. 

 Snout obtuse, chin with a large gibbosity, teeth small. 

 D. (?). P. (0- A. (?). C. (?). Length, 5 inches. 

 Behring's Straits, Bennett. 



Ophidium stigma, Branded Ophidium (Bennett, Append. Beechey's Voyage), Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 

 m. p. 273. 



GENUS V. FIERASFER, Cuv. 



No barbels. Dorsal so thin as to resemble a simple fold of the skin. 



Their natatory bladder is supported by only two osselets ; that of the middle 



is wanting. 



1. Fierasfer borealis (?), Dekay. 



Body oblong, nearly round ; the color of the body is nearly that of the human skin, with 

 scattered blotches of a pale rust-color. Dorsal of a uniform color; caudal fin rounded, 

 and marked with numerous black dots. 



D. 76. P. 14. A. 49. C. 22. Length, 19 inches. 



New Hampshire, Peck. 



Ophidium (imberlie) maxillis imberbibus, Cauda rolundata, pinna dorsi unicolore, Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad., 



II., part ii., p. 46, pi. 2, fig. I. 

 Fierasfer borealis 0), Dekay's Keport, p. 316. 



With much doubt, I follow Dekay in locating this species in the genus Fierasfer. 



2. Fierasfer Parrii, Ross. 



Greenish brown above. Pectoral fins large, with thirty-seven rays, and extending beyond 

 the vent. Neck much arched. 



D. (?). P. (?). A. (?). C. (?). Length, 4 to 8 inches. 

 Northern Seas, Ross. 



Ophidium Parrii, Capt. J. C. Ross, Append. Parry's Third Voyage, p. 100, and Polar Voyage, p. 199. 

 " " Append. Ross's Second Voyage, p. xlvii. 



" Parry's Ophidium, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. 274. 

 Fierasfer Parrii, Dekay's Report, p 316. 



