422 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
I have never seen any New Jersey examples. It is only known 
from Dr. Abbott’s record of 2 examples from Cape May. 
Brosmius brosme Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 8109. 

Cusk. Brosme brosme (Muller). 
Family MERLUCCIIDE. 
The Hakes. 
Body moderately elongate. Head elongate, depressed, pike- 
like. Suborbital bones moderate. Mouth terminal, with strong 
teeth. No barbels. Ribs wide, approximated and channeled 
below or with inflected sides. Frontal bones paried, excavated, 
with divergent crests continuous from forked occipital crest. 
Body covered with small smooth deciduous scales. Posterior part 
of body coniform and with caudal rays procurrent forward. Vent 
submedian. Dorsal fins 2, a short anterior and long posterior 
one. A long anal corresponding to second dorsal. Ventrals sub- 
jugular. 
Large cod-like fishes of voracious habit, inhabiting moderate 
depths. 
Genus MEriuccius Rafinesque. 
The Hakes. : 
Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill). 
Hake. 
Head 3%; depth 634; D. 1-21-19; A. 20-19; scales 104 
just above lateral line to base of caudal, and 8 more on latter; 
