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is situated vertically below the origin of the second dorsal 

 fin. The first dorsal fin is triangular, the third ray longest ; 

 higher than long, and higher than the other dorsal fins ; its 

 origin over the base of the pectorals. The second dorsel fin 

 longest, arising slightly anterior to a point vertical to the 

 vent ; the third triangular, and almost continuous with the 

 second. Pectorals large. The first anal fin longest ; the 

 second arises under the third ray of the last dorsal. Caudal 

 with its margin concave. Above the lateral line blackish 

 brown ; below silvery grey ; the line itself jet black. One or 

 more large, dark, vertically oblong blotches across the lateral 

 line. Pupils black ; irides bluish, mixed with reddish. 

 Dorsal and caudal fins bluish, lighter along their bases. 

 Length, 20 to 22 inches. 



Fin-rays :— D. 11-16, 20- 2-1, 19-21 ; P. 21 ; V. 6 ; A. 21-25, 

 21-22 ; C. Sis' 



Gadus gcElefinus, L. Syst. Nat. I, p. 135 ; Mitch. Lit. tfe 

 Phil. Trans. New York, I, p. 370. 



Morrhua gcelefimis, Storer. Fish. Massach., p. 121; DeKay, 

 New York Fauna. Fish., p. 279, pi. 13, fig. 138. 



This fish is found every year in the Atlantic, along the 

 coast of Worcester county, but not in large numbers, it being 

 strictlv a more northern form. 



17, regius' 



UROPHYCLS, Gill. 



Spotted Codling. 



This fish has a cylindrical, subfusiform body. The height 

 of the body is a little less than the length of the head, 

 which is nearly one-fourth of the total, (without caudal fin). 

 Head sm.all; snout obtuse, rounded, somewhat depressed, with 

 the upper jaw overlapping the lower, rather longer than the eye. 

 Jaws, palate, and throat armed with narrow bands of cardi- 

 form teeth. Barbel under the chin, small. The head is 



