COD-FISHES. 



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Allied genera are Lotclla, Physiculus, UraUiJtus, and 

 Lcemoneina, from moderate depths, obtained chiefly off 

 Madeira and the Southern Temperate Zone. 



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Fig. 248. — Pseudoiiliycis bachus. 



Phycis. — Body of moderate length, covered with small scales. 

 Fins more or less enveloped in loose skin. A separate caudal ; 

 two dorsal fins and one anal ; the anterior dorsal composed of 

 from eight to ten rays ; ventrals reduced to a single long ray, 

 bifid at its end. Small teeth in the jaws and on the vomer ; 

 palatine bones toothless. Chin with a barbel. 



Six species from the temperate parts of the North At- 

 lantic and the Mediterranean, one, Ph. Uennioidcs, is occa- 

 sionally found on the British coast. 



Haloporphyrus. — Body elongate, covered with small scales. 

 A separate caudal, two dorsal fins, and one anal ; the first dorsal 

 with four rays ; ventrals narrow, composed of six rays. Jaws 

 and vomer with villiform teeth ; palatine bones toothless. Chin 

 with a barbel. 



A small genus of deep-sea fishes, of which three species 

 are known. They offer a striking instance of the extraordinary 

 distribution of deep-sea fishes ; H. lepidion occurs in from 100 

 to 600 fathoms in the Mediterranean and the neighbouring 

 parts of the Atlantic, off the coast of Japan, and various parts 

 of the South Atlantic; H. australis in from 55 to 70 fathoms 

 in the Straits of Magelhsen ; and finally IT. rostratus in from 

 600 to 1375 fathoms, midway between the Cape of Good 

 Hope and Kerguelen's Land, and in the South Atlantic. 



