FAMILY GADID^E — BROSMIUS. 289 



shape. Pectorals pointed, reaching nearly to the end of the first dorsal. Ventrals small and 

 feeble, placed anterior to the margin of the opercles. The first anal stout at its origin, and 

 ending just before the termination of the middle dorsal. Caudal forked. 



Color. Deep green above the lateral line ; silvery white beneath, and minutely punctate 

 ■with black. Pectorals and all the vertical fins deep greenish black, and minutely punctate. 

 Ventrals white. Pupils black ; irides silvery. 



Length, 12' ; of the head, 3'0. Extreme depth of body, 3'0. 

 Fin rays, D. 12.19.19; P. 18; V. 6 ; A. 27.20; C. 22 



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This is not often captured, although I have reason to believe that it is not uncommon on the 

 coast. It is called Young Haddock by our fishermen, under the belief that it is the young of 

 the M. ceglefinus ; but from this it is generically distinct. In color, configuration of its scales, 

 the extension of its pectorals, and radial formula, it diflfers from carhonarius, with which it is 

 otherwise closely allied. It resembles very much the Green Cod of Europe, M. virens ; but 

 that species is represented to be of a light glossy green color, with even jaws, and its sides 

 irregularly marked with a number of small dark blue spots. 



The specimen which supplied me with the above description, was taken by hook in Long 

 island, out of a large schole. They flipped in the same manner with the menhaden or bony- 

 fish, and were at first supposed to be that species. They seemed to be very timid ; for upon 

 a very slight noise in the boat, they all disappeared. 



GENUS BROSMIUS. Cuvier. 



A single long dorsal Jin extending the whole length of the back. Anal long. One barbel at 

 the chin. Ventrals fleshy. 



THE CUSK 



BROSMins VULGARIS 7 



PLATE XLIV. FIG. 143. 



Brotmerut flavacens ? Le Brosme jauru. Lesubuk, Memoirs du Masenm, Vol. 5, p. 158, pi. 16. 

 Gadus {Brotmiua) flavexcms ? YtUow Tuak. RiCHARDSOH, Faun. Bor. Am. Vol. 3, p. 257. 

 Brotmius vulgaris. The Cuak. Storee, Massachusetts Report, p. 136. 



Characteristics. Dark slate above, passing into yellowish on the sides. Dorsal, caudal and 

 anal bordered with black and white. Length two to three feet. 



Description. Nose broad, and somewhat flattened. Scales small, rounded, covering every 

 part except the maxillary bones and the end of the jaws. Lateral line in a straight line to the 

 commencement of the anal, when it curves down and goes off straight. Mouth large. Upper 

 jaw slightly longest ; both filled with numerous sharp recurved teeth. Teeth also on the 

 palate and pharyngeals. Anal coterminal with the dorsal. A single barbel under the chin. 



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