396 SYNOPSIS. 



lighter beneath ; pectorals dark. — Cuv. Reg. An., Yarr. 

 Brit. Fish., ii. 258. Gadus merlueius, Linn., Penn. BHt. 

 Zool. iii. 257. 



Gen. LXXVI. Lota. Relative position and number of the 

 Sns nearly as in Merlucms ; chin with one or more barbules. 



Sp. 158. L. moJva. The Ling. Body slender and much 

 elongated, rather compressed behind ; lower jaw a little 

 shorter than the upper, with a single barbule at its extre- 

 mity ; scales small ; caudal rounded ; back and sides grey, 

 or cinereous tinged with olive ; belly silvery ; dorsal and 

 anal edged with white, caudal with a transverse dark bar, 



the extremity white Cuv. Reg. An., Yarr. Brit. Fish., 



ii. 264. Gadus Molva, Linn. ; molva vulgaris, F/em. Brit. 

 An., -p. 192. 



Sp. 159. L. vulgaris. Burbot. Head depressed ; jaws equal ; 

 chin with one barbule ; first dorsal small and rounded ; 

 anal fin commencing on a line very little behind the an- 

 terior part of the second dorsal ; tail oval and somewhat 

 pointed ; colour yellowish brown, clouded and spotted with 

 dark-browTi ; under side lipihter. — Ctcv. Reg. An., Jenyns'' 

 Brit. Vert., p. 448 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. 267. Gadus lota, 

 Linn., Penn. Brit. Zool., p. 265. 



Grn. LXXVIL Motella. Dorsal fins two, the first almost 

 obsolete, consisting of short, slender rays, the anterior one 

 longest, connected at the base by a thin membrane, and placed 

 in a depression ; chin with one barbule, snout with more than 

 one. 



Sp. 160. M. tricirrata. Three-bearded Rockling. Snout 

 with two barbules, chin ^ith one ; second dorsal fin com- 

 mencing immediately behind the first and extending nearly 

 to the tail ; the latter rounded at the extremity ; colour 

 rich yellowish bro"WTi, spotted on the upj)er parts, includ- 

 ing the fins (except the ventral and anal fins) with deep 



chestnut-browTi Cuv. Reg. An., Jenyns' Brit. Vert., p. 449 ; 



Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. 279. INIustela mav'mn, Ray. Gadus 

 mustela, Penn. BHt. Zool., iii. p. 267. pi. 36. 



P.p. 161. M. quinqiiecirrala. Five-bearded Rockling. Snout 



