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^anterior. Mouth oblique, and snout projecting beyond mandible. 

 Lips fleshy. Maxillary reaching a little past middle of pupil, but 

 not to its posterior margin. Teeth small, sharp, in bands in jaws. 

 A patch of finer vomerine teeth. Interorbital space level. Gill- 

 rakers 4+13, compressed, lanceolate, and longest about equals 

 diameter of pupil. Scales rather large, reduced and crowded on 

 head. Lateral line high along back. Spinous dorsal inserted 

 about over first ^ of pectoral, and base of fin a trifle greater 

 than orbit horizontally. Second dorsal begins about opposite last 

 sixth of pectoral. Anal inserted nearer tip of snout than base 

 of last anal ray. Caudal rounded. Pectoral reaching % of 

 space to anal. Ventral inserted nearly midway between tip of 

 snout and origin of spinous dorsal, reaching anal, and inner ray 

 Ys length of outer. General color fawn-brown, having a minutely 

 or rather dusted appearance. Abdominal region or lower surface 

 of body dull white and there dots a little more pronounced. 

 Fins all more or less of same color, dorsal and caudal, and anal 

 posteriorly, becoming a little darker distally and margin nar- 

 rowly dusky. Anal pale, or like abdomen, basally and more or 

 less sprinkled with fine brownish dots. Along side of head from 

 above maxillary a diffuse brownish streak toward base of pectoral. 

 Under surface of head and jaws white. Spinous dorsal uniform 

 brown like rayed fin. Pectoral brownish, upper rays deeper. 

 Ventral whitish, sprinkled with brownish. Iris brassy-silvery 

 with brownish reflections. Length i8j^ inches. Sea Isle City. 



Only the above example, received from Dr. H, D. Senior. It 

 is said to occur at a depth of 300 fathoms. 



Phyicis chuss Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 379. 



Genus Brosme Oken. 



The Cusks. 



Brosme brosme (Miiller). 



Cusk. 



Distinguished by the continuous anal and dorsal with rounded 

 caudal, and rather large teeth. 



