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give it a peculiar aspect. Its flesh is very much es- 

 teemed, and particularly the liver, which is singularly 

 voluminous \ 



We may yet again distinguish among the lotse, 



MOTELLA, CUV., 



Whose anterior dorsal is so little elevated as to be 

 scarcely perceptible. 



Gadus mustela, Linn., Bl. 165, under the name of 

 G. tricirrhatus. Fulvous brown, with blackish spots ; 

 two barbels to the upper jaw, one to the lower 2 . 



Brosmius, Cuv., 



Have no first separate dorsal, but a single and long- 

 fin, which extends to very near the tail. 



No species are known except from the north. The 

 most common species, G. Brosme, Gm., Pen., Brit. 

 Zool. pi. xxxiv. descends no lower than the Orkneys. 

 It appears that there is in Iceland a still larger species. 

 G. tub. Nouv. Mem. de Stockh. XV. pi. viii. 3 



All these fishes are salted and dried. 



1 Add Gadus maculosus, Lesueur, Ac. Sc. Nat. Philad. i. p. 83. 



2 Add to the Motellae, Gadus cimbricus, Sch. pi. ix. ; or G. quinque- 

 cirrhatus, Penn. Brit. Zool. pi. xxxiii., erroneously named mustela, 

 by Bloch and Gmelin. Compare also, the Mustela maculata, and 

 fusca, Riss. 2d. ed. p. 215; and the Blennius lupus, and labrus, 



Rafinesque, Caratt. pi. iii. f. 2 and 3. 



3 In many districts also the people give to the Brosmii the names 

 of Ling and Dorches, Sc. Penn. loc. cit. and Olafsen. Voy. en Isl. 

 trad. Fr. pi. xxvii. and xxviii. 



