‘FAMILY GADIDA) — BROSMIUS. 289 
shape. Pectorals pointed, reaching nearly to the end of the first dorsal. Ventrals small and 
feeble, placed anterior to the margin of the opercles. The first anal stout at its origin, and 
ending just before the termination of the middle dorsal. Caudal forked. 
Color. Deep green above the lateral line; silvery white beneath, and minutely punctate 
with black. Pectorals and all the vertical fins deep greenish black, and minutely punctate. 
Ventrals white. Pupils black ; irides silvery. 
Length, 12:0; of the head, 3°0. Extreme depth of body, 3-0. 
Binrays, Doi? 19 319i Ps 18S Viren AG eise0 sn Gace 2. 
This is not often captured, although I have reason to believe that it is not uncommon on the 
coast. It is called Young Haddock by our fishermen, under the belief that it is the young of 
the M. eglefinus ; but from this it is generically distinct. In color, configuration of its scales, 
the extension of its pectorals, and radial formula, it differs from carbonarius, with which it is 
otherwise closely allied. It resembles very much the Green Cod of Europe, M. virens ; but 
that species is represented to be of a light glossy green color, with even jaws, and its sides 
irregularly marked with a number of small dark blue spots. 
The specimen which supplied me with the above description, was taken by hook in Long 
island, out of a large schole. They jlipped in the same manner with the menhaden or bony- 
fish, and were at first supposed to be that species. ‘They seemed to be very timid ; for upon 
a very slight noise in the boat, they all disappeared. 
GENUS BROSMIUS. Cuvier. 
A single long dorsal fin extending the whole length of the back. Anal long. One barbel at 
the chin. Ventrals fleshy. 
THE CUSK. 
BrosMivUs VULGARIS? 
PLATE XLIV. FIG. 143. 
Brosmerus flavescens ? Le Brosme jaune. Lesveur, Memoirs du Museum, Vol. 5, p. 158, pl. 16. 
Gadus (Brosmius) flavescens? Yellow Tusk. Ricuarpson, Faun, Bor. Am. Vol. 3, p. 257. 
Brosmius vulgaris, The Cusk. Storer, Massachusetts Report, p. 136. 
Characteristics. Dark slate above, passing into yellowish on the sides. Dorsal, caudal and 
anal bordered with black and white. Length two to three feet. 
Description. Nose broad, and somewhat flattened. Scales small, rounded, covering every 
part except the maxillary bones and the end of the jaws. Lateral line in a straight line to the 
commencement of the anal, when it curves down and goes off straight. Mouth large. Upper 
jaw slightly longest; both filled with numerous sharp recurved teeth. ‘Teeth also on the 
palate and pharyngeals. Anal coterminal with the dorsal. A single barbel under the chin. 
Fauna — Parr 4. 37 
