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HABITS OF COAL FISH, OR SILLOCK. 



represented below, shows the position of the mouth. 

 The eyes are furnished with eyeHds ; the iris is golden 

 yellow ; the nostrils are placed close behind the notch 

 over each eye. 



HEAD OF HAMMER SHARK. 



THE SILLOCK, OR COAL FISH. 



(Merlanr/us carbonarius.) 



German : Der Kohler. Danish: Sej. Norwegian: Sniaapalc. French : 

 Le Charhonnier. Swedish : Grasida Sej. 



The Sillock, or Coal Fish, so called from the black 

 colour it sometimes partially assumes, is decidedly 

 a northern fish, and abounds in all the northern 

 seas, and in the Biiltic ; it swarms in the Orkneys, 

 where the young are, during the summer and autumn 

 months, the great support of the poor. It is a fish 



COAL FISH [Merlavgus carbonarius). 



of rather handsome form and small, tapering head ; 

 the general outline and forked tail reminding one of 

 the elegant proportions of the salmon. Not only does 



