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 hemng. — 

 Flmi. Brit. An., 183 ; Ycm\ Brit. Fish., ii. 217. Engraulis 

 vulgaris, Cuv. Beg. An. Clupea encrasicolus, Linn., 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 shin; all 

 the fins soft and covered vjith the commmishin; ventrals jugidar 

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

 eyes placed each on one side of the head. 



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

 angular ; 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., Penn. Bnt. 

 Zool., iii. p. 231 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 106 ; Varr. Brit. 

 Fish., il 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 ; taii square. — Cuv. Reg. Ati., Penn. Brit. 

 Zool., iii. p. 239 ; Tair. Bnt. Fish., ii. p. 231, 



