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Museum at Trenton, which I have had the opportunity of exam- 

 ining through Prof. Silas R. Morse. The latter states that it 

 was obtained somewhere off the north shores, possibly near Long 

 Branch. 



Pollachius virens Smith, Bull. U. S. Fish Com., XH, 1892, p. 



379- 



Merlangus purpureus Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 819. 



Genus Microgadus Gill. 



The Tom Cods. 



Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum). 



Plate 93- 



Tom Cod. Frost Fish. 



Head 4; depth 4; D. 12-18-19; A. 23-18; scales about no 

 along lateral line superiorly to base of caudal, and about a dozen 

 more on latter; 17 scales between origin of first dorsal and lateral 

 line; 26 scales in a vertical series between origin of anal and 

 lateral line; snout 2% in head; eye 6^; maxillary 2}^; inter- 

 orbital space 3^ ; base of first dorsal 2 ; fourth ray of second 

 dorsal 2j4 ; seventh ray of third dorsal 2}i ; seventh ray to first 

 anal 2}^ ; seventh ray to second anal 2j4 ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 4 ; caudal i ^ ; pectoral i }i ; ventral i ^ . Body elon- 

 gately ovoid, rather deep, compressed. Head a little long, convex 

 above, somewhat compressed with vertical sides. Snout obtusely 

 convex and protruding beyond mandible. Eye small, circular, and 

 a little anterior. Mouth rather large, lips fleshy. Bands of small 

 pointed teeth in jaws, outer series a little enlarged. A patch of 

 smaller vomerine teeth. Maxillary reaching nearly to middle of 

 orbit. Barbel small, a little less than orbit. Interorbital space a 

 little convex. Gill-rakers 15, short and fleshy, ^ of pupil. Scales 

 small, especially reduced or crowded before dorsal, on head and 

 belly. First dorsal a little nearer tip of snout than origin of 

 third fin. Second dorsal inserted a little nearer base of caudal 

 than tip of snout, and its base but little less than head. Third 



