270 



GAD1D.E. 



SUBBRACHJAL 



MALACOPTERYGU. 



GADW.L. 



THE THREE-BEARDED ROCKLING. 



SEA LOCHE. WHISTLE-FISH. 



Motella vulgaris, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 334. 

 ,, tricirrata, NILSSON, p. 48. 



,, ,, Three-Bearded EocUing, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 449, 



sp. 135. 



,, ,, WlLLUGHBY, p. 121, II. 4, fig. 4. 



Mustela marina, Rockling, RAY, Syn. p. 164, sp. 9, fig. 9. 



Gadus tricirratus, BLOCK, pt. v. pi. 165. 



,, mustela, Three- Bearded Cod, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 267, pi. 36. 



,, ,, Hackling, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 2. 



,, tricirratus, Three-Bearded Gade, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 193, sp. 86. 



MOTELLA. Generic Characters. Body elongated, cylindrical, compressed 

 posteriorly ; the first dorsal fin very slightly elevated, delicate in structure, 

 scarcely perceptible ; second dorsal and anal fins long, continued nearly to the 

 base of the tail. 



THE THREE-BEARDED ROCKLING, included by the 

 Rev. Mr. Jago in his Catalogue of the rarer Fishes of Corn- 

 wall, and published by Ray, with a figure, at the end of 

 his Synopsis, though not uncommon on the Devonshire and 

 Cornish coasts, as noticed by Colonel Montagu and Mr. 

 Couch, is more rare on our shores generally than the Five- 



