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M;\\ WiK STATi; MUSKUM 



Melanogrammvs aeyhfinu. GilUToc. Ac-. Nat. Scl. riilln. 2M). 18C2; Coode 



& Bean, Bull. Essex InslXI, 8. 1879: Jokdan & Giluert. Bull. 16. 



U. S. Nat. Mus. 803, lS83Goor)E & Bkan. Oceanic Ichth. "" "-; 



Bean Bull. Am. Mus. Na Hist. IX. .{72. 18U7; Jordan & K\ 



Bull. 47. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, 2542. 181)8; IV. pl. OCCLXI, fig. 802. S'J2u, 



1900. 



The length of the bod>is four and one half times its d^-pth 



and three and three fourts times the h-n^th of the hrad. t>noul 



long and narrow, overlappg the sriiall mouth; maxillary barely 



reaching front of orbit; eeth subi'<iual, hirge. in a cardiform 



band in upper jaw; in {single series on lower jaw and on 



vomer; occiput carinated;i ridge extending backward from vavU 



orbit; eye very large, twcthirds length of snout, four in head. 



Anterior rays of first dceal elevated, tiiree fourths length of 



head, the fin pointed, h:her than second and third dorsals; 



caudal lunate; vent beloA front of second ilorsal. The skull in 



this species much more deressed than in CJ a d u s < a I I a r i a s, 



broader, and thinner in tcture; occipital crest exceedingly high, 



much higher than in G k1 u s , the winglike projections at its 



base anteriorly spreadinfs\idely, raised above the surface of the 



skull. D. 15-24-21; A. 2;-21. 



Dark gray above, whish below; lateral line black; a large 

 dark blotch above the pe-:orals; dorsals and caudal dusky. 



Mitchill described thehaddock under the name Gad us 

 aeglefinus. De Ka also describes the fish and gives a 

 figure of it in his Neio Yor Fauna. He states that it is nearly as 

 common in the New Yor markets as the cod. :ni.l diirin'j tlie 

 summer it is even more aundaut than the cod. 



The haddock inhabits le north Atlantic on both coasts, rang- 

 ing south to France and o North Carolina. Off Cape Hatteras 

 it occurs in the deepervvater. It is an important food fish, 

 .n^ nches a moderate' large size, attaining to a length of 



feet. 



cods Hole Mass.t was reported by Prof. Baird in 1871. 



th, however, saydt is not found in Vineyard sound oi 



bay, but is connon 6 or 7 miles off Gay head, and t 



'- of Marthas ineyarrl. ]n Massachusetts bay it 



dent sTtf^e's! 



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