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anterior. Mouth oblique, and snout projecting beyond mandible. 
Lips fleshy. Maxillary reaching a little past middle of pupil, but 
not to its posterior margin. ‘Teeth small, sharp, in bands in jaws. 
A patch of finer vomerine teeth. Interorbital space level. Gill- 
rakers 4 + 13, compressed, lanceolate, and longest about equals 
diameter of pupil. Scales rather large, reduced and crowded on 
head. Lateral line high along back. Spinous dorsal inserted 
about over first 24 of pectoral, and base of fin a trifle greater 
than orbit horizontally. Second dorsal begins about opposite last 
sixth of pectoral. Anal inserted nearer tip of snout than base 
of last anal ray. Caudal rounded. Pectoral reaching 7% of 
space to anal. Ventral inserted nearly midway between tip of 
snout and origin of spinous dorsal, reaching anal, and inner ray 
3% length of outer. General color fawn-brown, having a minutely 
or rather dusted appearance. Abdominal region or lower surface 
of body dull white and there dots a little more pronounced. 
Fins all more or less of same color, dorsal and caudal, and anal 
posteriorly, becoming a little darker distally and margin nar- 
rowly dusky. Anal pale, or like abdomen, basally and more or 
less sprinkled with fine brownish dots. Along side of head from 
above maxillary a diffuse brownish streak toward base of pectoral. 
Under surface of head and jaws white. Spinous dorsal uniform 
brown like rayed fin. Pectoral brownish, upper rays deeper. 
Ventral whitish, sprinkled with brownish. Iris brassy-silvery 
with brownish reflections. Length 18%. inches. Sea Isle City. 
Only the above example, received from Dr. H. D. Senior. It 
is said to occur at a depth of 300 fathoms. 
Phycis chuss Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 379. 
Genus BrosME Oken. 
The Cusks. 
Brosme brosme (Miller). 
Cusk. 
Distinguished by the continuous anal and dorsal with rounded 
caudal, and rather large teeth. 
