SYNOPSIS. 393 



proportionally thicker than the herring ; first ray of the 

 dorsal half-way between the point of the nose and the end 

 of the fleshy portion of the tail, the origin of the pectorals 

 considerable in advance of it. Fin-rays, D. 14 — 15 : P. 15 : 

 V. 7 : A. 18 : C. 19. Fins greenish white, the colours of 

 the other parts of the body nearly as in the herring. — 

 Flem. Brit. An.^ 183 ; Yar)'. Biit. Fish.,\\. 217. Engraulis 

 vulgaris, Cuv. Reg. An. Clupea encrasicolus, Lirm., Don. 

 Brit. Fish., pi. 50, 



MALACOPTERYGII ABDOMINALES : HAVING THE 

 VENTRALS IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE PEC- 

 TORALS. 



Fam. XVIII. Gadid^. Cod and Haddock Family. Body 

 slimy, the scales very small and deeply imbedded in the skin; all 

 the fins soft and covered with the common skin; ventrals jugidar 

 and pointed; jaws and front of the vomer with card-like teeth; 

 eyes placed each on one side of the head. 



Gen. LXXIII. Morrhua. Dorsal fins three, the first tri- 

 angvdar ; anals two ; chin with one barbule. 



Sp. 147. M. vulgaris. Common Cod. Body oval and elon- 

 gated, thickest behind the pectorals, the posterior part 

 rather narrow ; head large, jaws nearly equal ; lateral 

 line curved gently downwards till beneath the twelfth ray 

 of the second dorsal, then running straight to the tail ; 

 caudal fin straight at the extremity ; upper parts ash- 

 brown obscurely marked with yellow, the lateral line, 

 lower parts of the sides, and abdomen, white ; ventrals 

 pale, all the other fins dusky. — Cuv. Reg. An., Fenn. Brit. 

 Zool., iii. p. 231 ; Dm. Bnt. Fish., pi. 106 ; Yarr. Brit. 

 Fish., u. p. 221. 

 Sp. 148. M. callarias. Dorse or Variable Cod. Snout pro- 

 minent and sharp, the upper jaw much longer than the 

 under ; lateral line white ; head, back, and sides, more or 



less spotted ; tail square Cvw. Reg. An., Perni. Brit. 



Zool, iU. p. 239 ; Fcwr. Bnt. Fish., ii. p. 231. 



