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20. Phycis Chesteri, Goode & Bean. 
Phycis Chesteri, GOODE & Buan, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. i, 1878, p. 256; Cat. 
Fish. Essex Co. & Mass. Bay, 1879, p. 8. 
Numerous specimens, old and young, were found at stations 878, 142 
fathoms; 879, 225 fathoms; 880, 252 fathoms; 881, 325 fathoms; 892, 
487 fathoms; 895, 238 fathoms. 
This species and Macrurus Bairdii appear to be the most abundant 
fishes of this district, occurring in immense numbers and breeding 
copiously. 
21. Phycis regius (Walbaum) Jordan & Gilbert. 
Blennius regius, WALBAUM, Artedi, 1792, p. 186. 
Urophycis regius, GILL, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1853, p. 240. 
Phycis regius, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 1878, p. 371.— 
GooprE & BEAN, Cat. Fish. Essex Co. & Mass. Bay, 1879, p. 8.—BEAN, 
Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. iii, 1880, p. 70. 
Luchelyopus regalis, SCHNEIDER, Bloch. Syst. Ichth. i (cloth), 1801, p. 33. 
Phycis regalis, Kaur, Archiv fiir Naturg. 1858, p. 89.—GiLL, Cat. Fish. E, 
Coast N. A. 1861, p. 49.—Gtnrurnr, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. iv, 1862, p. 304. 
“Gadus blennioides, MITCHILL, Medical Register, 1814.” 
Gadus punctatus, MITCHILL, ibid. 
Phycis punctatus, DEKaAy, Zool. N. Y. Fish. 1842, p. 292, pl. xlvi, fig. 149. 
A specimen was obtained at station 870, in 155 fathoms of water. The 
distribution of this species is very puzzling. It has been found at Hahi- 
fax, Nova Scotia, and south to the Cape Fear River, but seems 
nowhere abundant except about Long Island. 
22. Haloporphyrus viola Goode & Bean. 
Haloporphyrus viola, GOODE & Bran, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus. 1, 1878, 
Cat. Fish. Essex Co. & Mass. Bay, 13879, p. 8. 
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Specimens were taken October 2, at station 893, in 372 fathoms of 
water. The species has never before been found except on the outer 
edges of the Nova Scotia banks. 
23. Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linn.) Jordan. 
Gadus cimbrius, LINNAUS, Syst. Nat. ed. x, 1. 
Onos cimbrius, GOODE & Bran, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus.i, 1878, p. 349 (with 
full synonymy); Cat. Fish. Essex Co. & Mass. Bay, 1879, p. 8. 
Enchelyopus cimbrius, JORDAN, MSS. 
Several specimens were obtained outside the hundred-fathom curve. 
24. Merlucius bilinearis (Mitchill) Gill. 
Numerous specimens of old and young were taken September 4, Sep- 
tember 13, and October 2, in almost every haul of the trawl-nets, at what- 
ever depth. The adults appeared to be in the middle of the spawning 
season, the eggs being separated in the ovaries and flowing easily in 
specimens taken at the depth of 250 and 487 fathoms. This phenomenon 
is of the greatest interest and importance, since it may serve to illus- 
trate how other species, common near the shores, such as the menhaden 
(Brevoortia tyrannus) and the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), retreat 
to deep water to spawn. 
