SERIALLY STRIPED HADDOCK IN NEW BRUNSWICK 87 
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and partly: below, and midway between the dorsum and the anterior margin of the 
second anal fin below. Some obscure pigment above the patch suggests that it was 
really an interrupted transverse band passing from the posterior eighth of the second 
dorsal fin and extending, as just stated, to a point below the lateral line. Lastly, a 
third minor patch of blackish grey extending from the anterior margin of the upper 
caudal fin lobe reached almost to the lateral line. It was a pale, irregular patch about 
t-inch across. The three marked major stripes, and the three more obscure minor 
spots, formed a series of six dark patches from the shoulder to the tail. 
The second specimen (Fig. 3) was larger than the haddock just described, being 
15 in. long (406 mm.), inclusive of caudal fin. Exclusive of the tail-fin it measured 14 
in. (354 mm.), from tip of the snout to tip of caudal trunk. Along each side of 
the fish were four transverse bands or patches of dark pigment, the breadth of each 
being respectively, first stripe, “46-inch; second stripe, %-inch; third stripe, 4-inch; and 
the fourth stripe or patch, 2-inch. The length of the base of each of the three dorsal 
fins was, respectively, 23-inch, 22-inch, and 24-inch. The first dark patch extended 
from the middle of the base of the first dorsal fin to the lateral line, and spread down- 
wards to a point midway between the lateral line and the ventral contour of the fish. 
The second patch, extending from the middle of the base of the second dorsal fin almost 
to the anterior edge, was very pale, and passed over the lateral line to a point midway 
between that line and the anus. Both these bands or patches were darker below the 
lateral line than above it, and the first band was very dark in its lower portion. The 
third band, extending over the anterior half of the base of the third dorsal fin, passed 
downward as a tongue-shaped patch to the lateral line, and just beyond it, while the 
fourth band appeared simply as a rounded indefinite blotch, in front of the dorsal 
portion of the caudal fin, and passing barely to the lateral line. In this haddock three 
of the four bands clearly correspond to the three major patches in the first specimen, 
and in position and shape each series closely resembled the other, while the last patch 
on the dorsal portion of the caudal trunk in each also showed close resemblance; but 
the two extra minor blotches in the first specimen did not seem to be represented in 
the second. It is interesting to recall the fact that a closely related species, the 
European bib or pout (Gadus luscus) frequently exhibits cross bands along the sides, 
in addition to “a black axillary spot behind the base of the pectoral fin,’ according to 
Dr. Gunther (2, p. 541). Dr. H. C. Williamson, in his masterly and thorough paper 
on the specific characters of G. luscus and other Gadoids (8, p. 137), states that the 
axillary mark “is a large blue-black patch covering the sides of the axilla, and extend- 
ing out on the clavicle and over the base of the pectoral fin,” and it is present in 
G. minutus and G. esmarkii, but is much more limited in area. 
Professor W. OC. McIntosh gave an interesting account, seven or eight years ago, 
of some young specimens of the European bib, Gadus luscus, showing bold transverse 
bars of pigment (3, pp. 153-154); but he pointed out that specimens captured in the 
nets of the shrimp-trawlers, at the mouth of the Thames, were not banded, and he 
referred to the view of Couch and Malm that the striped condition is an occasional 
occurrence only. Professor McIntosh’s small barred specimen was only about 2% 
inches (70 mm.) long, and was obtained on April 3, 1908, at St. Andrews, Scotland. 
The fish was of a reddish brown colour on the sides, variegated by four well-marked 
broad black bands (Plate IX., fig. 4). A broad stripe passed from the dorsum, between 
the first and second dorsal fin, down the side to the ventral border; while the second 
band, darker and more definite, extending from the last third of the second dorsal fin 
to the base of the third dorsal fin, passed diagonally down to the posterior part of the 
base of the first anal fin. The last stripe covered the side of the caudal trunk from a 
line drawn to the hind margin of the second anal, from the hind margin of the third 
dorsal fin. On the top of the head occurred a large dark patch, and the dorsal and 
ventral edges of the body showed much black pigment; and black spots occurred in the 
dorso-lateral region, and minute specks upon the fins. An upper opercular patch, and 
