. Catalogue of the fishes of New York. Fishes -- New York (State). 700 NEW Y6K STATi: MISKIM Melanorjrammus aajhlinus (.;i.,rJTuc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phlhi. 1>H). 1S02; (Joode & Bean, Bull. Essex InslXI, S. 18TU: Jokuan & Giluert, Bull. 16, U S Nat. Mus. 803, & Hkan. Oc-eanlc Ichth. 3M. 1890; Bean Bull. Am. Mus. Na Hist. IX. :57L'. 181)7; Jordan & Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. r, 2542, 1898; IV. pi. OCCLXI. flg. 892. 8'.»2u. 1900. The length of the bodjis four and niic lialf liiiM-8 its drpth and three and three fourts times the hn^'th of the hrad. Snout long a
. Catalogue of the fishes of New York. Fishes -- New York (State). 700 NEW Y6K STATi: MISKIM Melanorjrammus aajhlinus (.;i.,rJTuc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phlhi. 1>H). 1S02; (Joode & Bean, Bull. Essex InslXI, S. 18TU: Jokuan & Giluert, Bull. 16, U S Nat. Mus. 803, & Hkan. Oc-eanlc Ichth. 3M. 1890; Bean Bull. Am. Mus. Na Hist. IX. :57L'. 181)7; Jordan & Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. r, 2542, 1898; IV. pi. OCCLXI. flg. 892. 8'.»2u. 1900. The length of the bodjis four and niic lialf liiiM-8 its drpth and three and three fourts times the hn^'th of the hrad. Snout long and narrow, overlappg the small mouth; maxillary barrly reaching front of orbit; eeth large, in a eardif«»nii band in upper jaw; in isingle series on lowi-r jaw and on vomer; occiput carinated;i ridge extt-nding backwar»l from raeh orbit; eye very large, tw<thirds length of snout, four in litad. Anterior rays of first dcBal eh^vated. three fourths length <tf head, the fin pointed, h:her than sceond and third dorsals; caudal lunate; vent beknfront of second dorsal. The skull in this species much more deressed than in G a d u s <• a I 1 a r i a s, broader, and thinner in tcture; occipital crest exceedingly high, much higher than in G d u s , the winglike projections at its base anteriorly spreadingsvidely. i:ii<.d tlw , of ih<- skull. D. 15-24-21; A. 2;-21. Dark gray above, whieh below; lauial liu»' ; a large dark blotch above the pe;orals; dorsals and caudal dusky. Mitchill described thehaddock under the name G a d u s aeglefinus. DeKa also describes the fish and gives a figure of it in his New Tor Fauna. He states that it is nearly as common in the New Yot markets as the cod. and during the summer it is even more aundant than the cod. The haddock inhabits te north Atlantic on both coasts, rang- ^^g^Q^th to France ando North Carolina. OtT Tape Hatteras s in the deeper,vater. It is an important food fish, hes a moderate' larg
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