162 TELEOSTEI: ACANTHOPTEEL XX. 



217. RHINONEMUS Gill, (piv, nose ; verf, barbel.) 



448. R. cimbrius (L.). FOUR-BEARDED ROCKLING. Head 

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

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

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

 (Eu.) (Lat., Welsh.) 



218. PHYCIS Bloch and Schneider. ((J>VKIS, 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. Chester! 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 HAKE. 

 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 (Mitchill). WHITE HAKE. CODLING. Brown, 

 yellowish below; fins very dark. Head 41 ; depth 5^. D. 9, 57. 

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



aa. First dorsal without filamentous rays. ( Urophyds 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 4J. D. 8-43. A. 45. Lat. 1. 90. L. 12. Cape Cod to 

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



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



453. L. lota (L.). 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 



6. D. 13-76. A. 68. V. 7. Vert. 59. Caeca 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 (Muller). CUSK. Brownish, usually mottled 

 with yellowish. Head 4 ; depth 5J. D. 98. A. 71. Cape Cod, 

 N. (Eu.) 



