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1. GOBIOSOMA, Girard. Naked Gobies, 

 1. G. molesta, Grd. Dusky brown; head 3-|- in 

 length; D. VII— 12; A. 13. Coast of Texas, entering 

 rivers. A single specimen in the Museum of Comp. 

 Zoology from the Ohio R., near Louisville {J'utnam,) 



SUB - OEDEE.-AE"AO Al^THEfri. 



(The Jugular Fishes.) 



FAMILY XCVII.-GADID^. 



{TJie Cod Fishes.) 

 Body elongated, covered with small smooth scales; 

 dorsal fins 1, 2 or 3, occupying most of the back; rays 

 of posterior part well developed; vertical fins never 

 entirely united- (as in some related families) ; ventrals 

 jugular, usually several-rayed; gill openings wide; air 

 bladder usually present; no pseudobranchiae ; pyloric 

 ooeoa usually in large numbers (30 or more in Lota). 

 Genera about twenty-five; species about seventy. An 

 important family, found chiefly in the northern seas; a 

 single genus inhabiting the lakes and larger streams of 

 the northern parts of Europe and America. 



* Chin with a barbel ; dorsals 3 ; anal single ; teeth villiform. 



Lota, 1. 



/. LOTA, Cuvier. Lings. 

 1. L maculosa, (LeS.) Cuv. Ling. Buebot. Lake 

 Lawtbe. Ebl-Pout. Lake Cusk. Dark olive, thickly 

 marbled with blackish; yellowish or dusky beneath; head 

 broad, depressed; body sub-cylindrical in front, com- 

 pressed behind; upper jaw (usually) longest; D. 13 — 76; 

 A. 68; V. 7; length 1-^ to %^ feet. Great Lakes and 

 streams of New England, north to the Arctic Circle, 

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