﻿[131] 
  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  919 
  

  

  535.— 
  HYFSICOMETES 
  Goode. 
  B. 
  (444) 
  

  

  1564. 
  Hypsicometes 
  gobioides 
  Goode. 
  B. 
  (1246) 
  

  

  536.— 
  MERLUCIUS 
  Rafinesque. 
  (445) 
  

  

  1565. 
  Merlucius 
  bilinearis 
  Mitchill. 
  N. 
  (1247) 
  

  

  1566. 
  Merlucius 
  merlucius 
  Linnaeus. 
  G. 
  Eu. 
  (1248) 
  

  

  1567. 
  Merlucius 
  productus 
  Ayres. 
  C. 
  (1249) 
  

  

  Family 
  CXLVL— 
  MACRURID^. 
  (121) 
  

  

  537. 
  -MACRURUS 
  Bloch. 
  (447) 
  

  

  1568. 
  Macrurus 
  berglax 
  1 
  Lac^pede. 
  G. 
  Eu. 
  B. 
  (1251) 
  

  

  1569. 
  Macrurus 
  acrolepis 
  2 
  Bean. 
  A. 
  

  

  1570. 
  Macrurus 
  carminatus 
  Goode. 
  B. 
  (1252) 
  

  

  1571. 
  Macrurus 
  bairdii 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  (L253) 
  

  

  1572. 
  Macrurus 
  asper 
  3 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  

  

  538— 
  CORYPELSJNOIDES 
  Gunner 
  (448) 
  

  

  1573. 
  Coryphaenoides 
  rupestris 
  Gunner. 
  G. 
  B. 
  (1254) 
  

  

  1574. 
  Coryphaenoides 
  carapinus 
  4 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  B. 
  

  

  1 
  Macrurus 
  berglax 
  Lacepede 
  = 
  Macrurus 
  fabricii 
  Sundevall. 
  To 
  the 
  synonymy 
  add 
  : 
  

   (Macrurus 
  berglax 
  Lace"pede, 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Poiss., 
  based 
  on 
  Macrurus 
  rupestris 
  Bloch, 
  not 
  

  

  of 
  Gunner 
  ; 
  the 
  synonymy 
  confused 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  Coryphaenoides 
  rupestris, 
  which 
  is 
  

   called 
  " 
  Berglax" 
  ("Rock-Salmon") 
  by 
  Strom. 
  

  

  2 
  Macrurus 
  acrolepis 
  Bean. 
  

  

  Form 
  of 
  M. 
  berglax; 
  width 
  of 
  head 
  f 
  its 
  height; 
  interorbital 
  width 
  J 
  eye, 
  which 
  is 
  

   3qual 
  to 
  length 
  of 
  snout, 
  and 
  nearly 
  4 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  snout 
  moderate, 
  pointed; 
  maxillary 
  

   a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  i 
  head 
  ; 
  second 
  ray 
  of 
  dorsal 
  serrated 
  ; 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  snout 
  

   2^ 
  in 
  body 
  ; 
  pectoral 
  nearly 
  half 
  head 
  ; 
  ventral 
  8 
  in 
  total 
  length. 
  Head, 
  4|. 
  Depth, 
  7. 
  

   D. 
  II, 
  11, 
  III 
  +. 
  A. 
  94 
  +; 
  7 
  rows 
  of 
  scales 
  between 
  lateral 
  line 
  and 
  front 
  of 
  dorsal. 
  

   L. 
  2£ 
  feet. 
  Straits 
  of 
  Juan 
  de 
  Fuca. 
  A 
  specimen 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  a 
  

   seal 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Swan. 
  (Bean.) 
  

  

  (Bean, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  1883, 
  362.) 
  

  

  3 
  Macrurus 
  asper 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  Dark 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  the 
  spinuleswith 
  a 
  metallic 
  luster; 
  stouter 
  than 
  in 
  If. 
  bairdii; 
  

   scales 
  small, 
  strong, 
  their 
  free 
  portions 
  covered 
  with 
  vitreous 
  spines 
  in 
  about 
  7 
  rows, 
  

   ;he 
  middle 
  row 
  not 
  forming 
  a 
  keel, 
  though 
  projecting 
  backward 
  most 
  strongly; 
  in- 
  

   terorbital 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  length 
  of 
  eye, 
  4| 
  in 
  head 
  ; 
  snout 
  triangular, 
  de- 
  

   pressed; 
  upper 
  ridge 
  prominent 
  anteriorly, 
  ending 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  concavity 
  of 
  inter- 
  

   orbital 
  space; 
  lateral 
  ridges 
  prominent, 
  continued 
  behind 
  the 
  eye; 
  barbel 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  eye; 
  cleft 
  of 
  mouth 
  reaching 
  to 
  below 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  orbit; 
  second 
  spine 
  

   of 
  dorsal 
  nearly 
  two-thirds 
  head, 
  not 
  reaching 
  front 
  of 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  when 
  depressed; 
  

   anal 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  second 
  dorsal 
  ; 
  vent 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  from 
  ventral 
  much 
  

   greater 
  than 
  length 
  of 
  ventral. 
  D. 
  11,8-105. 
  A. 
  110. 
  P. 
  20. 
  V. 
  10. 
  Scales 
  7-150-18. 
  

   Gulf 
  Streiim, 
  south 
  of 
  New 
  England. 
  

  

  (Goode 
  & 
  Bean, 
  Bull. 
  Mus. 
  Comp. 
  Zool., 
  Vol. 
  X, 
  No. 
  5, 
  1883, 
  196.) 
  

  

  ^Corypliamoides 
  carapinus 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean. 
  

  

  Scales 
  oval, 
  membranous, 
  without 
  armature, 
  rather 
  large, 
  22 
  to 
  24 
  in 
  a 
  transverse 
  

   series. 
  Second 
  ray 
  of 
  dorsal 
  compressed 
  and 
  serrate, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head 
  ; 
  soft 
  dorsal 
  

   inserted 
  on 
  a 
  lump-like 
  elevation 
  of 
  the 
  back. 
  Vent 
  nearly 
  below 
  end 
  of 
  first 
  dorsal. 
  

   Snout 
  acute, 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  the 
  mouth 
  a 
  distance 
  equal 
  to 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye, 
  which 
  

   is 
  about 
  4 
  in 
  head. 
  Bones 
  of 
  head 
  very 
  soft 
  and 
  flexible 
  ; 
  surface 
  of 
  head 
  very 
  irreg- 
  

  

  