274 NEW-YORK FAUNA. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



L. longirostris. (Cuvier, Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 3, p. 237.) A row of close small acute teeth 

 externally; another larger, distant, and conical ; and within these another, forming a band of fine 

 velvet-like teeth in a single series in front. Scales rhombic, the lower edge arched; vertebral series 

 subcordate. D. 7; P. 15; V. 6; A. 8; C. 13. Two to three feet. Lake Huron. 



ORDER III. JUGULAR. 



Ventrals under the pectorals, and the pelvis is immediately attached to the bones of the 

 shoulder. 



FAMILY GADIDJE. 



Body elongated, little compressed, covered with soft moderate scales. All their fins soft. 

 Jaws and front of the vomer armed with pointed irregular teeth, forming a sort of rasp. 

 Eyes placed one on each side of the head. Ventrals separate, jugular. Almost all with 

 two or three fins on the back, and one or two behind the vent. Air-bladder large. 



Obs. This family contains at present about sixty species, and is one of the most important 

 to man in the whole class of Fishes. 



GENUS MORRHUA. Cuvier. 



Dorsal fins three. Ventrals pointed. Two anal fins. Seven branchial rays. A barbel at 

 the end of the loiver jaw. 



THE AMERICAN COD. 



MoRRHCA AMERICANA. 



PLATE XXIV. FIG. 140. 



Gadus callarias, Torsh, or Common Cod or Rock Cod of New-York. Mitchill, Report in part, p. 5. 

 The Common Cod of New-York, G. id. Id. Trar.s. Lit. and Phil. Soc. New- York, Vol. 1, p. 367. 

 Morrhua americana, The American Cod. Storer, Mass. Report, p. 120. 



Characteristics. Ash-colored, with reddish or yellowish spots. Second dorsal and first anal 

 of twenty-two rays. Length one to three feet. 



Description. Body largest and deepest anterior to the dorsal fin. Scales small and adherent. 

 The lateral line arises from above the branchial aperture, and gradually descends by a broad 



