THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 415 
Museum at Trenton, which I have had the opportunity of exam- 
ining through Prof. Silas R. Morse. The latter states that it 
was obtained somewhere off the north shores, possibly near Long 
Branch. 
Pollachius virens Smith, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XII, 1892, p. 
379: 
Merlangus purpureus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 819. 
Genus Microcapus Gill. 
The Tom Cods. 
Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum). 
PLATE 93. 
Tom Cod. Frost Fish. 
Head 4; depth 4; D. 12-18-19; A. 23-18; scales about 110 
along lateral line superiorly to base of caudal, and about a dozen 
more on latter; 17 scales between origin of first dorsal and lateral 
line; 26 scales in a vertical series between origin of anal and 
lateral line; snout 27% in head; eye 6%; maxillary 2% ; inter- 
orbital space 3%; base of first dorsal 2; fourth ray of second 
dorsal 2% ; seventh ray of third dorsal 2% ; seventh ray to first 
anal 2%; seventh ray to second anal 2%; least depth of caudal 
peduncle 4; caudal 114; pectoral 134; ventral 124. Body elon- 
gately ovoid, rather deep, compressed. Head a little long, convex ~ 
above, somewhat compressed with vertical sides. Snout obtusely 
convex and protruding beyond mandible. Eye small, circular, and 
a little anterior. Mouth rather large, lips fleshy. Bands of small 
pointed teeth in jaws, outer series a little enlarged. A patch of 
smaller vomerine teeth. Maxillary reaching nearly to middle of 
orbit. Barbel small, a little less than orbit. Interorbital space a 
little convex. Gill-rakers 15, short and fleshy, 24 of pupil. Scales 
small, especially reduced or crowded before dorsal, on head and 
belly. First dorsal a little nearer tip of snout than origin of 
third fin. Second dorsal inserted a little nearer base of caudal 
than tip of snout, and its base but little less than head. Third 
