COMMON COD. 



221 



SUBBRACHIAL 



MALACOPTEtlYGII. 



G/1D/D/E'.* 



THE COMMON COD. 



THE KEELING. 



Morrhua vulgaris, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 331. 



,, ,, Cod, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 191, sp. 76. 



,, ,, Codfish, Keeling, WILLUGHBY, p. 165, L. l,fig. 4. 



,, LINN*US. BLOCK, pt. ii. pi. 64. 



,, ,, Common Codjish, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 231. 



,, Codjish, DON. Brit. Fish.pl. 106. 



Common Cod, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 440. 



Gadus morrhua, 



GADUS. Generic Characters. Body elongated, smooth, compressed towards 

 the tail ; back furnished with three dorsal fins ; ventral fins pointed ; abdominal 

 line with two fins behind the anal aperture ; the lower jaw with one barbule at 

 the chin ; branchiostegous rays 7. 



BARON CUVIER'S first division of his second order of 

 fishes, those with flexible fin-rays, and with the ventral fins 

 attached to the abdomen, being concluded, the soft-firmed 

 fishes of the second division, or those forming his third 

 order, succeed. These are recognised by having the ventral 



* The family of the Codfish. 



