. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 538 Opisthomi and Anacanthini Other cod-like fishes have but two dorsals and one anal fin. Many of these occur in deep water. Among those living near shore, and therefore having economic value, we may mention a few of the more prominent. The codlings (Urophycis) are repre- sented by numerous species on both shores of the -Fig. 489.—Tomood, Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum). Wood's Hole, Mass. Urophycis hlennoides is comnaon in the Mediterranean. Uro- phycis regius, on our South Atlantic coast, is said to exhibit electric powers in
. A guide to the study of fishes. Fishes; Zoology; Fishes. 538 Opisthomi and Anacanthini Other cod-like fishes have but two dorsals and one anal fin. Many of these occur in deep water. Among those living near shore, and therefore having economic value, we may mention a few of the more prominent. The codlings (Urophycis) are repre- sented by numerous species on both shores of the -Fig. 489.—Tomood, Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum). Wood's Hole, Mass. Urophycis hlennoides is comnaon in the Mediterranean. Uro- phycis regius, on our South Atlantic coast, is said to exhibit electric powers in life, a statement that needs verification. In the Gulf of Mexico Urophycis floridanus is common. Far- ther north are the more important species Urophycis tenuis, called the white hake, and Urophycis chuss, the squirrel-hake. The ling {Molva molva) is found in deep water about the North Sea. A related genus, Lota, the burbot, called also ling and, in America, the lawyer, is found in fresh waters. This genus con- tains the only fresh-water members of the group of Anacanthini. The European burbot. Lota lota, is common in the streams and lakes of northern Europe and Siberia. It is a bottom fish, coarse in flesh and rather tasteless, eaten sometimes when boiled and soaked in vinegar or made into salad. It is dark olive in color, thickly marbled with blackish. The American burbot, or lawyer {Lota maculosa), is very much like the European species. It is found from New Eng- land throughout the Great Lakes to the Yukon. It reaches a length of usually two or three feet and is little valued as food in the United States, but rises much in esteem farther north. The liver and roe are said to be delicious. In Siberia its skin. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. New York, H. H
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