CLASS PISCES. 485 



Merlangus, 



Have the same number of fins as the cods, but are 

 destitute of barbels. 



Gadus merlangus, Lin., Bloch 65. (the whiting). A 

 fish well known along the coasts of the ocean, in 

 consequence of its abundance and the lightness of its 

 flesh. It is distinguished by its size of about a foot 

 long, by its pale reddish grey back, by its silvery belly, 

 and its long upper jaw. 



Gadus carbonarius, L., Bl. 66. (the coal-fish). Grows 

 to double the size of the whiting ; is of a deep brown, 

 and has a shorter upper jaw, and the lateral line 

 straight. The flesh of the adult is coriaceous. It is 

 salted and dried like the cod \ 



G.pollachius, L., Bl. 68. (the pollock). Has the same 

 sort of jaws, and almost the same size as the preced- 

 ing ; is brown above, silvery underneath, and has the 

 flanks spotted. It is a better fish than the last, and 

 yields only to the whiting and the callarias. All these 

 fishes live in large shoals in the Atlantic Ocean 2 . 



Merluccius, 



Which have but two dorsal fins and an anal, and are 

 without barbels, like the whiting. 



Gadus merluccius, L., Bl. 164. (the hake). From one 



1 Its usual French name Colin, whence comes its northern names 

 Kohl-Jisch, Coal-fish, &c. 



2 Add the Sey, Gadus virens, Ascan. 



