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bb. Lower jaw not protruding beyond upper; barbel well developed; 

 caudal not concave behind. 

 c. Lateral line pale. 



d. Vent in front of second dorsal ; size small. microgadus 



dd. Vent below second dorsal; size large. gadus 



cc. Lateral line black. melanogrammus 



aa. Anal forming a continuous fin or sometimes deeply notched; dorsal not 



divided as 3 fins. 



e. Dorsal divided into 2 fins. 



/. LoTiN^. Ventrals broad, each of about 6 rays ; vomer 



with teeth. lota 



ff. Phycin^. Ventrals very slender, each of 2 or 3 rays. 



PHYCIS 



ee. Brosmin^. Dorsal continuous, undivided ; mouth large. 



BROSME 



Genus Pollack lus Bonaparte. 



The Pollocks. 

 Pollachius virens (Linnaeus). 



Pollock. 



Head 3^; depth 4^/7; D. 14-20-iv, 15, i ; A. v, i8-vi, 16; 

 P. II, 20 ; V. I, 5 ; snout 2^ in head, measured from tip of upper 

 jaw; eye 10^ ; maxillary 2% ; interorbital space 3>^ ; mandible 

 2}i in head, measured from its own tip ; pectoral 2j^ ; ventral 

 4j4 ; first branched dorsal ray of first dorsal 3^/10 ; same of second 

 dorsal 3V10 J same of third dorsal 5 ; same of first anal 3^ ; same 

 of ,second anal 5 ; least depth of caudal peduncle 4}i ; lower caudal 

 lobe 2. Body rather long*, well compressed, deepest anteriorly. 

 Head rather large and compressed. Snout conic. Eye small. 

 Mouth oblique and rather small, mandible protruding in front. 

 Teeth in jaws more or less uniform. Color of skin leaden-gray, 

 turning to dusky olive-black above and on back and inclining 

 more to whitish on lower surface. Lateral line pale. Dorsals 

 and caudal dusky. Anals pale like belly, marginally darker. 

 Pectoral brownish. Ventral whitish. Iris leaden. Length 39 

 inches. Probably off Long Branch early in 1903. 



A large fish of the north Atlantic, chiefly north of our shores. 

 Known to me only from the above example, now in the State 



