Gadoid or Anacanthine Fishes, 



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Most of the Gadoids can be referred to one of two families, 

 viz. Macruridce, with ventrals below the pectorals and with 

 tapering tail, without separate caudal fin, and Gadidge, with 

 ventrals anterior to the pectorals and with a distinct caudal 

 fin, which is, however, secondary, symmetrical, and composed 

 mainly of dorsal and anal rays. 



Fig. 1. 



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A. Skull of Brottda multibarbata, seen from tte side. 



B. Skull of Trachyrhynchus trachyrhynchus, seen from below. 



ho., basioccipital ; eo., exoccipital ; so.., supra-occipital ; eoi., epiotic ; oo., 

 opisthotic ; p^'o., pro-otic ; far., parietal ; /., frontal ; -pff., postfrontal ; 

 •prf., praefi'ontal ; sq., squamosal ; os., alispbenoid ; ps , paraspbenoid ; 

 etli., etbmoid ; v., vomer ; 7i., nasal ; pal., palatine ; por., prfeorbital ; 

 sor., suborbitals; entp., entopterygoid ; ectp., ectopterygoid ; q., 

 quadrate; pop., prseoperculum ; ptte., post-temporal. 



In the l\lacrurlda3 T would provisionally include J/e/ano/2z^5, 

 a genus known only from one specimen and placed by 

 Dr. Gunther* in the Gadidte. It differs from most Ma- 

 cvurids in its only moderately elongate body, in having 



* ' Cballenger " Deep-sea Fishes, p. 84, pi. xiv. 



