;i7* COMMON COD FISH Class IV. 



the regular undulated appearance of the fides, as 

 if they were ribbed. The glutinous parts about 

 the head lofe their delicate flavor after it has been 

 twenty-four hours out of the water, even in winter, 

 in which thefe and other fi(h of this genus are in 

 higheft feafon. 

 Sjsm. xhe largefl that we ever heard of taken on our 



coafts, weighed feventy-eight pounds, the length 

 was five feet eight inches ; and the girth round 

 the moulders five feet. It was taken at Scarborough 

 in 1755J and was fold for one (hilling. But the 

 general weight of thefe fxfh in the Torkjhire feas, 

 is from fourteen to forty pounds. 

 Pescrip. This fpeeies is (hort in proportion to its bulk, 

 the belly being very large and prominent. 



The jaws are of an equal length, at the end of 

 the lower is a fmall beard -, the teeth are difpofed 

 in the palate as well as jaws. 



The eyes are large. 



On the back are three foft fins -, the firft has 

 fourteen, the two laft nineteen rays a-piece. The 

 ventral fins are very (lender, and confift but of fix 

 rays; the two firft extending far beyond the 

 other. It has two anal fins ; the firft confiding of 

 twenty, the laft of fixteen rays. 



The tail is almoft even at the end : the firft ray 

 on each fide is (hort, and compofed of a ftrong 

 bone. 



The color of this fifti is cinereous on the back 

 and fides, and commonly fpotted with yellow : the 



belly 



