OADID^E. 317 



Habitat. Coasts of Northeri) Europe, becoming local and somewhat rare 

 around Great Britain, where it was first discovered by Parnell in the Firth of 

 Forth. 



It has been recorded as rare in Banff (Edward) : Aberdeen (Sim) : in a rock 

 pool at the west bay of St. Andrew's (Mcintosh) : Firth of Forth (Parnell) : 

 Falmouth (Cocks) : Cornwall small and rare (Cornish). 



The example figured is 1L inches in length, and in the National collection. The 

 longest recorded British specimen measured 14 inches. 



3. Motella tricirrata, Plate LXXXVIII, fig. 1. 



Mustela vulgaris, Rondel, ix, c. 15, p. 281 ; Gesner, p. 89; Aldrov. iii, c. 8, 

 p. 290 ; Jonston, i, tit. 1, c. 1, art. 2, t. i, f . 4 ; Willughby, p. 121, t. H 4, f. 4. 

 Galea venetorum, Belon. De Aqnat. p. 130 ; Gesner, p. 90. Mustela marina, Ray 

 Syn. p. 164, f. 9; Rutty, co. Dublin, i, p. 352. Sorghe, Willughby, t. H 2, f. 1. 

 Three-bearded cod, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 201, pi. xxxiii (Ed. 1812) 

 iii, p. 267, pi. xxxvi. 



Gadus mustela, Bonn. Atl. Ich. p. 50, pi. xxxi, f. Ill (notRisso). 



Gadus tricirratus, Bl. t. clxv ; Gmel. Linn. p. 1174; Donovan, Brit. Fish, i, 

 pi. ii ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 92 ; Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 193. 



Enclielyopus Medlterraneus, Bl. Schn. p. 52. 



Gadus jubatus, Pall. Zoogr, iii, p. 202 ; Rathke, Faun. d. Krym, p. 333. 



Motella vulgaris, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) ii, p. 186, 

 c. fig. (Ed. 2) ii, p. 270 (Ed. 3) i, p. 575 ; Templeton, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837 (2) i, 

 p. 411 ; H. Blake-Knox, Zoologist, 1866, p. 507 ; Parnell, Fish. Firth of Forth, 

 p. 194, and Wern. Mem. vii, p. 354 ; Steind. Ich. Span. u. Port. 1868, p. 44. 



Gadus mustella, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 120. 



Onos mustella, Risso, Eur. Mericl. iii, p. 215. 



Motella tricirrata, Nilss. Prod. p. 48, and Skand. Faun, iv, p. 586 ; Jenyns, 

 Manual, p. 449 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii, p. 531, Poiss. pi. xxvi, 

 f. 1; White, Catal. p. 93; Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 301 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. 

 Ireland, iv, p. 186 ; McCoy, Ann. Nat. Hist, vi, p. 404 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 365 ; Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 121 ; Giglioli, Pesc. Ital. p. 37 ; Moreau, Poiss. 

 France, iii, p. 268. 



Motella maculata, part, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 366. 



Three-bearded roclcling, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 105, pi. cxlix. 



(Young.) Plate LXXX1X, fig. 3. 



Gadus argenteolus, Mont, in Wern. Mem. ii, p. 449 ; Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 193 ; 

 Jenyns, Man. p. 451. 



Motella argenteola, Yarrell, Brit. Fishes (Ed. 1) ii, p. 195, c. fig. (Ed. 2) ii, 

 p. 281 (Ed. 3)"i, p. 589 ; White, Catal. p. 95. 



Hypsiptera argentea (pt.) Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 386. 



Concilia argeidata, Giinther. Catal. iv, p. 363. 



Thompson's midge, Couch, I.e. iii, p. 118, pi. cli, f. 3, 4. 



Silvery gade, Couch, I.e. iv, p. 427, c. fig. 



B. vii, D. /55-57, P. 16-18, V. 6-7, A. 48-50, C. 21, Ccec. pyl. xii to xx, Vert. 

 15-16/33. 



Length of head 4| to 5, of caudal fin 9, height of body 7 in the total length. 

 Eye diameters 7 in the length of the head, 2 diameters from the end of the snout, 

 and 1| to 1|- apart. Head wider than high. Snout obtuse, broad, and T'ather 

 depressed. Upper jaw the longer : the posterior extremity of the maxilla 

 reaches to beneath or rather behind the hind edge of the eye. Barbels three, 

 one on either side of the snout anterior to the nostrils, and a third at the 

 symphysis of the lower jaw. Teeth cardiform in both jaws, with the inner row 

 largest in the lower, and the outer in the upper : in a patch upon the vomer : 



