No. 4. WHITING POUT, POUTING. 



Gcidus hisciis, Linnaeus. 



Usual extreme length :-- 16 inches. 



Description : Smaller than the Hacklork, and proportionately 

 much deeper in the body. Coloration dark brown above, 

 shading- off to impure white on the lower parts ; broad vertical 

 bands at intervals down the Hanks. 



Range: Commonly distributed around Britain, very abundant 

 in the English Channel, frequenting- coastal waters. 



Remarks: Although well known to the sea angler, the Pout is not 

 marketed in any appreciable quantity in this country, but occasional 

 examples are found amongst consignments of Whiting, to which species, 

 both as regards flavour and quality, it very nearly approximates. 



A smaller species, the Poor Cod, or Power Gadns minulus, Linnaeus, 

 {see figure) which somewhat resembles the Pout, but lacks the vertical 

 bands, is sometimes met with amongst lots of " mixed fish." 



