GADID^E. 283 



2. Gadus aeglefinus, Plate LXXIX. 



JEglefinus, tertia asellorum species, Bel. pp. 126, 127. Tertia asellorum species, 

 Rondel, ix, c. 11, p. 277; Gesuer, pp. 26, 100; Aldrov. iii, c. 1, p. 282. Onos, 

 Willughby, p. 170, t. L. M. i, no. 2; Ray, p. 55. Asellus minor, Schonev. p. 18. 

 Gadus, sp. p. 64, Synon. p. 36, no. 7, Genera, p. 20, no. 5 ; Gronov. Zooph. no. 

 320, and Mus. i, no. 59. Anos sive asinus antiquorum, Rutty, Dublin, ii, p. 354. 

 Hanon, Duhamel, Pecb.es, ii, Sec. 1, c. 4, p. 133, pi. xxiii, f. 1. Callarias, sp. 

 Klein, Pise. Miss, v, p. 6, no. 2. Isa, Olafs, Isl. Reise 528, t. xxvi. Haddock, 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 179 (Ed. 1812) iii, p. 241. The Haddock, 

 Low, Eaun. Oread, p. 192. 



Gadus xglejinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 435 ; Bl. Fisclie Deuts. ii, p. 188, 

 t. lxii ; Gmel. Linn. p. 1159 ; Bonnaterre, Atl. Ich. p. 46, pi. xxviii, f. 99 ; Shaw, 

 Zool. iv, p. 136 ; Lacep. ii, p. 397 ; Bl. Schn. p. 6 ; Donovan, Brit. Fish, iii, pi. 

 lix; Mitchell, Lit. and Phil. Trans. New York, i, p. 370; Turton, Brit. Fauna, 

 p. 89 ; Jenyns, Manual, p. 441 ; Fries and Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 86, t. xix ; 

 Faber, Fische Isl. p. 100; Nilss. Skand. Fauna, iv, p. 550 ; Kroyer, Dan. Fiske, i, 

 p. 42, c. fig. ; Maling. Spets. Fisk. Fauna, p. 529, and Wiegm. Arch. 1864, p. 297 ; 

 Templeton, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837 (2) i, p. 411 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, 

 iv, p. 179; Johnston, Berwick. Nat. F. Club, 1838, i, p. 173 ; Mcintosh, Fish. N. 

 Uist. Pro. R. Soc. Edin. v, 1862-66, p. 614, and Fish. St. Andrew's, p. 178 ; 

 Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 131 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 332 ; Schlegel, Dieren Neder. 

 p. 80, pi. vii, f . 2 ; Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 108 ; Gilpin, Proc. and Trans. Nov. 

 Scot. Inst. N. Hist, ii, pt. i, p. 100 ; Winther, Ich. Dan. Mar. p. 28 ; Moreau, 

 Poiss. France, iii, p. 237. 



Morhua ceglefinus, Flem. Brit. An. p. 191 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) ii, 

 p. 153, c. fig. (Ed. 2) ii, p. 233 (Ed. 3) i, p. 536; Parnell, Wern. Mem. vii, 

 p. 337, and Fish. Firth of Forth, p. 177 ; Storer, Fish. Mass. p. 124; DeKay, 

 New York Fauna, Fish. p. 279, pi. xliii, f. 138 ; White, Catal. Fish. p. 88. 



Melanogrammus mglefinus, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1862, p. 280. 



JEglefinus Linnei, Malm, p. 481. 



Haddock, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 62, pi. exxxvi. 



B. vii, D. 14-16/20-24/19-21, P. 19-20, V. 6, A. 24-25/20-22, C. 25, Vert. 23/31. 



Length of head 4j to 4|, of caudal fin 5, height of body 4| to even 6 in the total 

 length. Eye diameters 3^ to 4 in the length of the head, 1^ diameters from the 

 end of the snout, and 2/3 of a diameter apart. Interorbital space flat : snout 

 rounded and somewhat projecting over the mouth : the upper jaw rather longer 

 than the lower : the posterior extremity of the maxilla reaches to nearly or 

 qnite beneath the anterior edge of the eye. A short barbel situated beneath the 

 chin. Teeth cardiform in the jaws, the outer row in the upper jaw somewhat 

 enlarged. Fins the first dorsal, somewhat triangular in shape, commences over 

 the base of the pectoral, its second or third ray the longest and slightly exceeding 

 the extent of the base of the fin, its posterior rays very short : a short but distinct 

 interspace between the first and second dorsal fins, the third or fourth ray of 

 which last about equals half the length of its base, its last rays minute : the third 

 dorsal fin is not continuous at its base with the second, it is similar to the second 

 anal and not connected with the caudal. The first anal fin commences below or 

 slightly behind the origin of the second dorsal, and is similar to it. Caudal 

 emarginate. Ventral pointed and inserted on a line anterior to the base of the 

 pectoral, which latter fin is pointed and as long as the head excluding the snout. 

 Scales fine but distinct over the body. Lateral-line follows the curve of the 

 back from the upper edge of the opercle, curving gradually downwards below the 

 second dorsal fin, and is continued to the middle of the base of the caudal. Vent 

 situated beneath the origin of the second dorsal fin, or in some few instances a 

 little in advance of this spot. Ccecal appendages not so numerous as in the 

 common cod. Colours grayish in the upper half of the body, light on the sides 

 and white beneath. A large oval black blotch exists on the side between the 

 middle or posterior half of the pectoral fin and the lateral-line, being sometimes 



