66 



sevenths of the total, (without caudal). Snout more than 

 twice as long as the eye, obtuse ; with the upper jaw longest. 

 Barbel rather long, as long as, or longer than, the eye, which 

 is one-seventh of the length of the head, and one-half, or 

 rather more than one-half, of the width of the interorbital 

 space. The vent is situated vertically below the anterior rays 

 of the second dorsal. The two anal fins separated from each 

 other by an interspace. Greenish or brownish olive, with 

 numerous yellowish or brown spots on the back and on the 

 sides. Length, 1 to 3 feet. 



Fin-rays :— D. 13, 16-19, 17-19 ; A. 18-19, 17-18. 



Gadus morrhua, L. Syst. I, p. 336 ; Mitch. Lit. & Phil. 

 Trans. New York, I, p. 367 ; Eichards. Faun. Bor. Amer. 

 Fish, p. 242 ; Cuv. Eegne. Auira. 111. Poiss., pi. 106, fig. 1. 



Specimens have been taken in the ocean on the coast of 

 Worcester county. 



MELANOGKAMMUS, Gill. 

 J!/, ceglefim(s. 



The Haddock. 



Body robust, large in front, tajjeriug behind. The height 

 of the body is less than, or equal to, the length of the head, 

 which is contained thrice and four-fifths in the total length, 

 the caudal rays not included. Scales small, elliptical, feebly 

 radiate, striate. Lateral line high up, and irregularly concur- 

 rent with the dorsal outline. Head large, slightly carinated 

 at the nape ; broad, and slightly convex between the eyes. 

 Snout conical, prominent. Eyes large, and placed high up 

 near the facial outline. Nostrils double, longitudinally oval, 

 contiguous, the upper slightly anterior, somewhat smaller, 

 and with a valvular membrane. Lips thick and fleshy. The 

 lower jaw shortest, with a single row of short minute teeth ; 

 the upper jaw with a band of very short minute teeth. A 

 single, short and very small barbel under the chin. The vent 



