422 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



I have never seen any New Jersey examples. It is only known 

 from Dr. Abbott's record of 2 examples from Cape May. 

 Brosinius' brosme Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 819. 



Cusk. Brosme brosme (Miiller). 



Family MERLUCCIID^. 



The Hakes. 



Body moderately elongate. Head elongate, depressed, pike- 

 like. Suborbital bones moderate. Mouth terminal, with strons: 

 teeth. No barbels. Ribs wide, approximated and channeled 

 below or with inflected sides. Frontal bones paried, excavated, 

 with divergent crests continuous from forked occipital crest. 

 Body covered with small smooth deciduous scales. Posterior part 

 of body coniform and with caudal rays procurrent forward. Vent 

 submedian. Dorsal fins 2, a short anterior and long posterior 

 one. A long anal corresponding to second dorsal. Ventrals sub- 

 jugular. 



Large cod-like fishes of voracious habit, inhabiting moderate 

 depths. 



Genus MerIvUCCIus Rafinesque. 



The Hakes. 

 Merluccius bilinearis (Mitchill). 



Hake. 



Head 3j4 ; depth 63/^ ; D. 11 - 21 - 19; A. 20- 19; scales 104 

 just above lateral line to base of caudal, and 8 more on latter; 



