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dorsal inserted nearer base of caudal than origin of second. 

 Caudal rounded. First anal a little in advance of origin of second 

 dorsal and elevated anteriorly. Second anal inserted opposite 

 and similar to third dorsal. Pectoral short, about reaching anal. 

 Ventral inserted a little nearer anal than tip of snout, though 

 falling a little short of former when depressed. Color olive- 

 brown, and beautifully blotched and spotted with darker, same on 

 dorsals and caudal. Anals punctulate anteriorly, colorless pos- 

 teriorly. Pectorals and ventrals dusky. Length ii>4 inches. 

 Beesley's Point. 



Known to me mostly from Sea Isle City where it is said to be 

 abundant most all winter. A'alued as a food-fish. It is also 

 abundant in winter off Asbury Park. 



Microgadus tomcodiis Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 818. 



Genus Gadus Linnaeus. 



The Cod Fishes. 



Gadus cailarias Linnaeus. 



Plate 94. 



Cod. Cod Fish. 



A large fish distinguished from the preceding by the position 

 of the vent which is below the second dorsal. 

 - Although I have no examples of this well-known food-ftsh 

 from our shores, I have found it very abundant at various points 

 along our coast, mostly at Cape May, Stone Harbor, Sea Isle 

 City and Atlantic City. They appear early in November accom- 

 panied by the dog sharks {Squalus acantliias), or cod sharks 

 as they are called by the fishermen. It is abundant off Asbury 

 Park, Ocean Grove and Long Branch. 



Gadus monhiia Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 818, evidently 

 lapsus for morrhua. 



Morrhua americana Abbott. Am. Xat., lY , 1870, p. 116. 



Gadus morrhua Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 379. 



