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Phycis tenuis Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 819. — Smith, Bull. 

 U. S. F. Com., XIII, 1892, p. 379. 





Ling. Phycis tenuis (Mitchill). 



Phycis chuss (Walbaum). 



Eing. Thimble Eyed Ling. 



Head 4J^; depth 5%; D. IX-57; A. 51; P. 14; V. 2; 

 scales about 94 (squamation injured) from gill-opening above to 

 base of caudal ; about 20 scales obliquely up and back from origin 

 of anal to lateral line; about 6 scales between middle of base 

 of spinous dorsal and lateral line; about 7 scales in a trans- 



Thimble Eyed Ling. Phycis chuss (Walbaum). 



verse series on caudal peduncle ; width of head i % in its length ; 

 depth of head over posterior margin of eye 2^ ; snout 3 J^ ; eye 

 5^ ; maxillary 2j^ ; mandible 2}^. ; interorbital space 4 4^ ; pec- 

 toral 1^/7; caudal i^; least depth of caudal peduncle 4^^ ; 

 width of mouth at maxillaries posteriorly 2^. Body rather slen- 

 der, well compressed. Head depressed. Snout broad, depressed, 

 and tip bluntly rounded. Eye large, a little elongate and well 



