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with four barbules,and one on the chin ; colour dark brown, 

 tinged with bronze ; belly and ventrals dirty white ; mar- 

 gin of the fins occasionally tinged with red. — Cuv. Reg, 

 An., Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. 278. Motella mustela, Jmym' 

 Brit. VeH., p. 450. Gadus mustela, Liym. 

 Sp. 162. M. cimbria. Four-bearded Rockling. Snout with 

 three barbules and one on the chin ; back and sides of a 

 greyish brown-colour ; belly dirty white. — Parnell, Mem. 

 Wern. Soc, vii. p. 449, pi. 44 ; Tair. Brit.Fish., ii. 274. 

 Gadus cimbrius, Linn. 

 Sp. 163. AI. glauca. Mackerel midge. Upper jaw with four 

 barbules, under jaw with one ; coloiir of the back bluish 

 green, all the other parts silvery. Jenyns" Brit. Vert.^ 

 p, 451 ; Tai-r. Brit. Fish., ii. 281. Ciliata glauca. Couch, 

 Zool. Joivrn., i. p. 132; Loud. Mag. Nat. Hist., v. p. 15, 

 fig. 2 and p. 741. 

 Sp. 164. M. argenteola. Silvery Gade. Snout with two 

 barbules and one on the chin ; upper jaw longest ; back 

 bluish green ; sides and belly silvery. Tarr. Brit. Fish., 

 ii. 283. Gadus argenteolus, Motit. Mem. Wern. Soc, ii. 

 pt. 2. p. 449. 

 Gen LXXVIII. Brosmius. Dorsal single, commencing 

 above the pectorals and continued nearly to the base of the 

 tail ; anal about half the length of the dorsal ; caudal rounded ; 

 chin with a single barbule. 



Sp. 1 65. B. vulgaris. Torsk or Tusk. Head rather small, 



the upper jaw somewhat longest ; pectorals broad and 



rounded ; ventrals small, thick and fleshy ; anal beginning 



at the vent, and corresponding behind to the dorsal ; head, 



back, and sides, dusky-yellow ; edges of the dorsal, anal, 



and caudal fins, white. — Cuv. Reg. An., Tarr. Brit. Fish., 



ii. p. 285. Gadus brosme, Perm. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 269, 



pi. 37 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 70. 



Gex. LXXTX. Phycis. Dorsals two ; the second, as wel^ 



as the anal, long ; ventrals very long and filiform, consisting of 



a single ray unequally forked ; chin with one barbule. 



Sp. 166. P. furcatus. Great Forked Hake. Mouth wide, 



