458 Storer on the 
Fins brown, tinged with red. The /ateral line, 
commencing above the operculum, curves gently 
upwards to the pectorals, and just beyond these fins 
commencing a straight course, terminates at the 
base of the caudal rays. 
The first Dorsal fin commences opposite the mid- 
dle of the pectorals; its length is greater than its 
height. The second dorsal as long again as high. 
The length of the third dorsal, one fourth less than 
the length of the second, and less than the length 
of the first. $ 
The length of the Pectorals is one fourth less than 
their height. 3 
The Ventrals are situated in the front of the pec- 
torals; the first two rays are free at their extremi- 
ties; the second ray the longer; the other rays are 
united. 
The first Anal fin is more than as long again as 
high; the second fin is shorter than the first. 
The Caudal fin is convex. 
The fin rays are: D. 13-18-19; P. 17; V. 6; 
A. 22-18; C. 39. 
M. Minuta. Lin. The Poor or Power Cod. 
Yarrell’s British Fishes, vol. ii. p. 161 et fig. 
Strack’s Plates, 27. 1. 
A single specimen only have I ever seen of this 
species, which was taken in Boston harbor; it has 
been preserved for several years in spirits in the cab- 
inet of the “Boston Society of Natural History,” 
