162 TELEOSTEI : ACANTHOPTERI. — XX. 



217. RHINONEMUS Gill, (piv, nose ; vcp% barbel.) 



44S. R. cimbrius (L.). Fouk-bearded Rocklixg. Head ... 

 high, compressed ; no canines ; mouth large. Brownish ; D. and 

 A. behind, and C. below, abruptly black ; mouth black within. 

 Head 5 ; depth 6. U. 50. A. 43. V. 5. L. 12. Cape Cod, N. 

 (Eu.) (Lat., Welsh.) 



218. PHYCIS Bloch and Schneider. (<j>vicis, old name from 



Fucus, sea-weed.) 



a. First dorsal with one or more filamentous rays. (Phycis.) 

 b. Filamentous ray of D. more than twice head. 



449. P. chesteri Goode & Bean. Brownish. Head 4^ ; depth 

 5. D. 10, 56. A. 56. Lat. 1. 90. Mass., in deep water. (To 

 Captain H. C. Chester, of the U. S. Fish Com.) 



bb. Filamentous ray of D. not twice head. 

 c. Scales moderate; lat. 1. 110. 



450. P. chuss (Walbaum). Codling. Squirrel Hakf. 

 Brownish, punctulate, yellowish below. Head 4^ ; depth 5. D. 

 9-57. A. 50. L. 15. Va., N. (Vernacular name.) 



cc. Scales very small; lat. 1. 140. 



451. P. tenuis (MitehiU). White Hake. Codling. Brown, j 

 yellowish below; fins very dark. Head 4| ; depth 5-|. D. 9, 57. 

 A. 48. L. 12. Va., X. (Lat., slender.) 



aa. First dorsal without filamentous rays. (Urophycis Gill.) 



452. P. regius (Walbaum). Spotted Codling. Yellowish 

 brown; lateral line dark, interrupted by white spots; sides of 

 head and 2d D. with black spots ; 1st D. largely black. Head 4\: 

 depth A\. D. 8-43. A. 45. Lat. 1. 90. L. 12. Cape Cod to 

 X. C. ; said to possess electric powers. (Lat., royal.) 



219. LOTA Cuvier. (Lota, the ancient name.) 



453. L. lota (X.). Burbot. Lawyer. Ling. Head depressed ; 

 maxillary reaching posterior margin of the very small eye ; scales 

 very small. Dark olive, thickly marbled and reticulate with black- 

 ish, the adult duller ; edges of vertical fins dusky. Head 4|; depth 

 C. D. 13-76. A. 68. V. 7. Vert. 59. Casca 30. L. 30. Arctic- 

 America and Europe, abundant in lakes, S. to Conn. R., Ohio R., 

 etc. ; a fish of little value as food, but widely distributed. The 

 Amer. form is var. maculosa Le Sueur. (Eu.) 



220. BROSMIUS Cuvier. (From the Danish name brosme.) 



454. B. brosme (Miiller). Cusk. Brownish, usually mottled 

 with vellowish. Head 4£ ; depth 5\. D. 98. A. 71. Cape Cod, 

 N. (Eu.) 



