Zoological Society. 399 



this difference is either inconstant or attributable to a fault in the 

 former figure ; and he has furnished a new engraving of the British 

 Hake, which leaves no doubt of its identity with the Madeiran fish, 

 according to my first determination in the * Synopsis of the Fishes of 

 Madeira.' No variation in the form of the fins, it may be added, has 

 yet been observed in the Madeiran Hake. 



Mora Mediterranea, Risso, Hist. iii. 224. 



Fishing at a depth of three or four hundred fathoms oflf Magda- 

 lena, five leagues to the west of Funchal, I was fortunate enough 

 last summer (1841) to obtain many examples of both sexes of this 

 very rare, and, even in Madeira, almost unknown fish, which Cuvier 

 has wholly omitted in the ' R^gne Animal.' It forms a very distinct 

 genus of Gadidce ; in shape and colours resembling Phycis Mediter- 

 raneus, but in the large thick subcubic head, abrupt short muzzle 

 and large scales, recalling to mind a pale-coloured Pomatomus tele- 

 Scopus. At Magdalena this last-named fish is called " Pimentelle," 

 whilst its common Funchal name, ** Ribaldo," is assigned to Mora 

 Mediterranea. 



Gen. Gadella, nob. 



Char. Gen. — Corpus subellipticum, postice valde attenuatum com- 

 pressum : capite nuchaque superne latis planis : rostro obtuso, 

 rictu amplo largo, ore lato transverso, maxillis sequalibus dentibus 

 subscobinatis, quibusdam magnis uncinatis distantibus intersper- 

 sis, vomere palatinis linguaque laevibus inermibus : barbula nulla. 



Pinna dorsalis analisque unica conformis continua sequalis a nucha 

 vel ano usque ad pinnse caudalis basin protensa, antice angustis- 

 sima, postice latior : dorsali prima plane nulla. Pinnce pectorales 

 lanceolato-acuminatse, tenues nee camosse : ventrales jugulares 

 parvse pluri-radiatse, radiis primis duobus in filamenta productis. 

 Pinna caudalis elongato-lanceolata. 

 Obs. Piscis pusillus, cinereo-fuscus, Motelliformis, oculis njagnis, 



membrana branchiostega septem-radiata. 



Gadella gracilis. 



D. fere 60 ; A. fere 60 ; P. 24 ; V. 7 ; C. XXV. fere ; M. B. 7. 



This new type approaches Motella, Raniceps, and Brosmius ; dif- 

 fering from the two former in the entire absence of a nuchal groove, 

 or of any rudiment of a first dorsal fin ; and from them all in the 

 absence of barbule, and in the shape and delicate (not fleshy) nature 

 of the pectoral fins. A single example only has occurred, measuring 

 four inches and one-eighth in length. 



Fam. MACRouRiDiE, nob. 

 Macrourus serratus. M. pallide cinereo-fuscus, scaber, squamis 

 pectinato-striatis, inermibus, ecarinatis : capite rostroque brevibus, 

 simplicibus (nee coelatis nee carinatis) ; oculis rotundatis ; dentibus 

 scobinatis : pinnce dorsalis prima alta radio primo valido, antice 

 spinoso-serrato ; ventralium in filamentum producto. 

 I'"^ D. 1 + 9 ; 2da D. 100 fere ; A. 80-90 ; V. 1 + 7 v. 8 ; P. 19 ; 

 M.B. 7. 



