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dorsal inserted nearer base of caudal than origin of second. 
Caudal rounded. First anal a little in advance of origin of second 
dorsal and elevated anteriorly. Second anal inserted opposite 
and similar to third dorsal. Pectoral short, about reaching anal. 
Ventral inserted a little nearer anal than tip of snout, though 
falling a little short of former when depressed. Color olive- 
brown, and beautifully blotched and spotted with darker, same on 
dorsals and caudal. Anals punctulate anteriorly, colorless pos- 
teriorly. Pectorals and ventrals dusky. Length 11% inches. 
Beesley’s Point. 
Known to me mostly from Sea Isle City where it is said to be 
abundant most all winter. Valued as a food-fish. It is also 
abundant in winter off Asbury Park. 
Microgadus tomcodus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 818. 
Genus Gapus Linneus. 
The Cod Fishes. 
Gadus callarias Linnzus. 
PLATE 94. 
Cod. Cod Fish. 
A large fish distinguished from the preceding by the position 
_of the vent which is below the second dorsal. 
Although I have no examples of this well-known food-fish 
from our shores, I have found it very abundant at various points 
along our coast, mostly at Cape May, Stone Harbor, Sea Isle 
City and Atlantic City. They appear early in November accom- 
panied by the dog sharks (Squalus acanthias), or cod sharks 
as they are called by the fishermen. It is abundant off Asbury 
Park, Ocean Grove and Long Branch. 
Gadus monhua Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 818, evidently 
lapsus for morrhua. 
Morrhua americana Abbott, Am. Nat., IV, 1870, p. 116. 
Gadus morrhua Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 379. 
