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  Xlla— 
  eADIDE. 
  

  

  PHYCIS, 
  Raf. 
  

   P, 
  tenuis. 
  

  

  The 
  Slender 
  Cod. 
  

  

  The 
  body 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  is 
  moderate 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  small 
  scales. 
  Eyes 
  of 
  moderate 
  size. 
  Mouth 
  and 
  palate 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  small 
  sharp 
  teeth 
  ; 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  vomer 
  in 
  an 
  

   angular 
  band. 
  Tongue 
  smooth. 
  Beneath 
  the 
  chin 
  a 
  small 
  

   barbel. 
  Vent 
  nearer 
  the 
  head, 
  tail 
  rounded. 
  Lateral 
  line 
  

   curved 
  upward. 
  The 
  tins 
  are 
  enveloped 
  in 
  a 
  loose 
  skin 
  ; 
  it 
  

   has 
  two 
  dorsal 
  fins, 
  the 
  anterior 
  composed 
  of 
  11 
  rays 
  ; 
  (he 
  

   ventrals 
  are 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  single 
  long 
  ray, 
  bifid 
  at 
  its 
  end. 
  

   The 
  throat 
  is 
  internally 
  streaked 
  with 
  red 
  and 
  purple. 
  Back 
  

   and 
  sides 
  brown, 
  lighter 
  below-. 
  Fins 
  dark 
  brown 
  except 
  the 
  

   ventrals, 
  which 
  are 
  whitish 
  with 
  red 
  extremities. 
  Length, 
  15 
  

   inches. 
  

  

  Fin-rays 
  :— 
  D. 
  11, 
  54 
  ; 
  V. 
  1 
  ; 
  P. 
  16 
  ; 
  A. 
  44 
  ; 
  C. 
  25. 
  

  

  Fhycis 
  tenuis, 
  Mitchel. 
  

  

  A 
  siugle 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  early 
  Novem- 
  

   ber 
  near 
  Ocean 
  city, 
  but 
  being 
  kept 
  too 
  long 
  by 
  the 
  fisherman 
  

   as 
  a 
  curiosity, 
  it 
  was 
  impossible 
  to 
  preserve 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  XX?m-SCIffiNIDffi. 
  

  

  OTOLITHUS. 
  

   O. 
  nofJms. 
  

  

  The 
  Bastard 
  Trout. 
  

  

  The 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  4| 
  in 
  the 
  total 
  length, 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  3t 
  The 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  Otolithus 
  differs 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cynoscion 
  regalls 
  (our 
  common 
  sea-trout,) 
  in 
  being 
  shorter 
  

   and 
  thicker 
  in 
  proportion, 
  and 
  more 
  arched 
  along 
  the 
  back 
  ; 
  

  

  