FISHES. 565 



2. Yentrals directly under the pectorals. 

 Gen. MacrouruSj Bl. 



Body long, terminating in a very long, small tail, with no 

 distinct fin ; scales hard and sharp, carinated and spined ; 

 two dorsals ; the first very high and short ; second dorsal 

 and anal, very long ; both terminating in the small thin 

 tail point ; eyes large ; one beard under the chin ; head 

 large ; nose flattened, with the large mouth under it. 



These fish differ from all the other thoracic fishes by the 

 long, thin, pointed tail (giving them something the appear- 

 ance of the northern chimera) and the immense eye. 



137. MACROUPJJS NORVEGJCUS, Nilss. Stroms Skolast. 



Scales hard and large, covered with fine spines j anal 

 opening far in front of the beginning of the hinder dor- 

 sal ; first ray of the first dorsal, spined along all the 

 edges -, colour silvery grey ; iris yellow ; inside of the 

 mouth and gill covers, black ; all the fins blackish ; 

 length 2 ft. 8 in. to 3 ft., but specimens are rarely ob- 

 tained with a whole tail fin. 



Is met with in the North Sea, from the south of Norway 

 even up to the North Cape, but rare ; most common in the 

 tracts of Bergen. Is always in 80 to 120 fathoms. One 

 example has been taken off the reef of Jutland. Is called 

 off the Norwegian coasts " berg lax," or rock salmon. 



138. M. KUPESTRIS, Bl. Fabricius Skolast. 



Scales carinated, and ending in a sharp point ; anal 

 opening placed further back than the commencement 

 of the hinder dorsal ; the first ray of the foremost dorsal 

 round at the root only, denticulated on the point. 

 Is a Greenland fish ; only one specimen is known to have 

 been taken off any Scandinavian coast, and this was in 1839, 

 at Hammerfest, not far from the North Cape. 



Fam. 2. PLEURONECTIDJJ. 



Head with both eyes on the same side; body very high 

 and compressed, usually with small thin scales : sides not 



