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GAD1D.E. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYG1L 



GAD1D.X. 



THE FIVE-BEARDED ROCKLING. 



Motella qutnquecirrata, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 334, note. 



,, mustela, Five-Bearded Rochling, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. 



p. 450, sp. 136. 



Mustela vulgaris, WILLUGHBV, p. 121. 



Gadus mustela, LINNSUS. 



,, ,, Five-Bearded Cod, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 268, 



pi. 36. 



,, ,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 14. 



,, ,, ,, Gade, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 193, sp. 85. 



I HAVE found the Five-Bearded Rockling, when of small 

 size, a very common fish on the Kentish coast in autumn, 

 left by the retiring tide, in small pools among the rocks, and 

 generally lying concealed under the tufts of sea-weed that 

 hang over the edges of the stones into the water. I have 

 observed this fish as far to the westward as Portland Island. 

 Colonel Montagu considered it more rare in Devonshire than 

 the species with three barbules at the mouth, just described : 

 Mr. Couch observes it on the Cornish shore : it is generally 

 distributed in Ireland ; and Mr. Low says it is common in 

 Orkney, where it is found under stones among sea-weed, but 

 seldom exceeding nine or ten inches in length. Pennant 



