488  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
stripes along the body. Dorsal, caudal, and posterior portion of ‘anal, edged with black on 
their margins. Pectorals yellow. 
D.120. P.22. A.75. C.17. Length, 9 inches. 
New York, Mrreniit, Dexay. 
Called ‘‘ Little Cusk,’’ by the fishermen. 
Ophidium barbatum, Cirrhous Ophidium, Mircurm, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 362, pl. 1, 
fig. 2. 
Ophidium marginatum, New York Ophidium, Dexay’s Report, p. 315, pl. 52, fig. 169. 
2. Ophidium stigma, Bennett. 
Dilute brown, spotted, and with a purplish spot near the beginning of the dorsal fin. 
Snout obtuse, chin with a large gibbosity, teeth small. 
D. (?). P. (2). A. (?). C.(?). Length, 5 inches. 
Behring’s Straits, Bennerr. 
Ophidium stigma, Branded Ophidium (Bennett, Append. Beechey’s Voyage), Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 
Il. p. 273. 
GENUS V. FIERASFER, Cuv. 
No barbels. Dorsal so thin as to resemble a simple fold of the skin. 
Their natatory bladder is supported by only two osselets ; that of the middle 
is wanting. 
1. Fierasfer borealis (?), Dexay. 
Body oblong, nearly round; the color of the body is nearly that of the human skin, with 
scattered blotches of a pale rust-color. Dorsal of a uniform color; caudal fin rounded, 
and marked with numerous black dots. 
D.76. P.14.. A. 49. C.22. Length, 19 inches. 
New Hampshire, Peck. 
Ophidium (imberbe) maxillis imberbibus, cauda rotundata, pinna dorsi unicolore, Peck, Mem. Amer. Acad., 
1I., part ii., p. 46, pl. 2, fig. 1. 
Fierasfer borealis (?), DEKAy’s Report, p. 316. 
With much doubt, I follow Dekay in locating this species in the genus Fierasfer. 
2. Fierasfer Parrii, Ross. 
Greenish brown above. Pectoral fins large, with thirty-seven rays, and extending beyond 
the vent. Neck much arched. 
D.(?). P.(?). A. (2). C. (2). Length, 4 to 8 inches. 
Northern Seas, Ross. 
Ophidium Parrii, Carr. J. C. Ross, Append. Parry’s Third Voyage, p. 109, and Polar Voyage, p. 199. 
U3 Ms Append. Ross’s Second Voyage, p. xlvii. 
“J ne Parry’s Ophidium, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., 11. p. 274. 
Fierasfer Parrii, Dexay’s Report, p 316. 
