48() ORDER MALACOPTERYG1I SUBBRACHIATI. 



to two feet in length, and sometimes much more ; the 

 back brownish grey, the anterior dorsal pointed, and 

 the lower jaw longer. It is taken in equal abundance 

 in the Ocean and the Mediterranean, where the Pro- 

 vencals give it the name of merlon (whiting). Salted 

 and dried in the north, it receives the name of stock- 

 fisch, which is equally applied to the dried cod l . 



Lota, Cuv., C- 



Unite with two dorsals and one anal, barbels more or 

 less numerous. 



Gadus molna, L., Bl. 69. (the ling). Three or four 

 feet long ; rather olive above, silvery underneath ; the 

 two dorsals of equal height ; the lower jaw a little 

 shorter, having a single barbel 2 . 



This fish, equally abundant as the cod, is preserved 

 with equal facility, and forms an almost equally im- 

 portant article of fishery 3 . 



Gadus lota, Bl. 70. One or two feet long ; yellow, 

 marbled with brown ; a single barbel at the chin ; the 

 two fins of equal height. It is the only fish of this 

 genus which ascends far into the fresh waters. Its 

 head a little depressed, and its body almost cylindrical, 



1 Add Gad. magellanicus, Forst. Ap. BL, Schn. p. 10; Gad. 

 maraldi, Risso. first edition, fig. 13. 



2 Lcenga, Lcenge, Ling, names of this fish in divers countries in 

 the north. Molua, a corruption of Morrhua, applied to this species 

 by Charleton. 



'' Add Gadus bacchus, Forst. Ap. Bl., Schn. p. 53 ; Lota elon- 

 gata, Risso, 2d. ed. f. 4 7. 



