THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 423 
8 scales between origin of first dorsal and lateral line; 17 scales 
obliquely back from origin of anal to lateral line; mandible 1% 
in head; second dorsal ray of first fin 2%; third ray of second 
dorsal 4; sixth ray of third dorsal 234; twelfth ray of first anal 
4; upper caudal lobe 124; pectoral 114; ventral 134; snout 3 
in head measured from tip of upper jaw; eye 5; maxillary 174; 
interorbital space 334; least depth of caudal peduncle 61%4. Body 
elongate, compressed, and tapering well from vent backwards. 
Head slender, conic, but little compressed. Snout depressed. 
Eye circular, anterior and high. Mouth large, oblique, and 
mandible well protruding in front. Teeth large, conspicuous, 
those in upper jaw especially enlarged. Maxillary not quite 
reaching opposite posterior orbital margin. Top of head with 
W-shaped ridges conspicuous. Interorbital space flat. Gill- 

Hake. Merluccius bilinearits (Mitchill). 
rakers I 5 + 13 I, compressed, elongate, and longest 2 in orbit. 
Scales large, reduced on top of head and predorsal region. Lat- 
eral line concurrent with back above. First dorsal inserted about 
over first fourth of depressed pectoral, and its base 2% in that 
of second dorsal, which is inserted a trifle before tip of pectoral. 
Third dorsal inserted nearer base of caudal than origin of anal, 
its base 14% in that of second dorsal. Origin of first anal a little 
nearer tip of mandible than base of caudal. Second anal inserted 
a trifle before third dorsal. Caudal with posterior margin convex. 
Pectoral nearly reaching origin of anal. Ventral inserted as far 
in advance of origin of pectoral as first dorsal is posterior and 
reaching about three-fifths of space to anal. Color gray-brown, 
darker on middle of back. Lower surface dull silvery. Lips 
