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Merlangus, Cuv. 



The same number of fins as the Cod, but no cirri. 



Gadus merlangics,lj.;'B\. 65. (The Whiting.) Well known 

 along the sea-coast for its abundance and the lightness of its 

 flesh; it is distinguished by its pale reddish-grey back and sil- 

 very belly, and by the superior length of the upper jaw; the 

 whole fish is about a foot long. 



Gad. carbonariics, L.j Bl. 66; Le Colin, 8cc. (The Coal-fish.) 

 Twice the size of the whiting, and of a deep brown colour; the 

 upper jaw shorter; lateral line straight; the flesh of the adult is 

 coriaceous, but it is salted and dried like the Cod.(l) 



Gad. pollachius, L. Bl., 68. (The Pollach.) The jaws and 

 nearly the form of the carbonarius; brown above, silvery be- 

 neath; flanks spotted. A better fish than the preceding one, and 

 only inferior to the Dorse and Whiting. They all inhabit the 

 Atlantic, and live in large troops.(2) 



Merluccius, Cuv. 



But two dorsal fins and a single anal; the cirri deficient as in Mer- 

 langus. 



Gad. merluccius, L.; Bl., 164. (The Hake.) From one to 

 two feet in length, and sometimes much longer; the back brown- 

 grey; anterior dorsal pointed; the lower jaw longest. Great 

 numbers are taken in the Ocean and in the Mediterranean, 

 where the inhabitants of Provence call it the Merlan; salted and 

 dried, it receives in the north the name of Stochfisch, which is 

 also applied to the Cod .(3) The 



Lota, Cuv. 



To the two dorsals and one anal, adds a greater or less number of 

 cirri. 



Gad. molva, L.; Bl., 69.(4) (The Ling.) From three to four 

 feet in length; olive above, silvery beneath; the two dorsals of 

 an equal height; the lower jaw somewhat shortest and furnished 



(1) The common French name Colin is taken from its northern appellation of 

 ^o^/-^scA, or Coal-fish. 



(2 J Add the Sey, Gadus virens, Ascan., 25. 



(3) Add, Gad. magellanicus, Forst., App., Bl., Schn., p. 10; Gad. maraldi, 

 Uisso, Ed. I, f. 13. 



(4) Lsenga, Lainge, Ling, names of this fish in various northern countries. Mo- 

 lua, a corruption ofmorrhua, applied to this species by Charleton. 



