Class IV. WHITING POUT, 



dufky or brown-, the belly and lower part of the 

 fides filvery. 



Irides filvery : pupil large and black. 



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Afelliss mollis latus. Mr. 

 Lifter apud WiL Icth. App. 



22. 



Whiting Pout, Londi?ienJibus, 

 Raii fyn.pifc.^ 55. 



Gad us dorfo tripterygio, ore 

 cirrato, longitudine ad la- 

 titudiaem tripla, pinna ani 



prima officulorum triginta. 

 Arted. fynon. 37. 



Gadus barbatus. G. triptery- 

 gius cirratus maxilla inferi- 

 ore pundiis utrinque fep- 

 tem Lin.fyft. 437. Grono<v. 

 Zoopb. No. 320. 



Sma-Torfk. Faun. Suec. No, 

 an. 



75- 



Pour, 



THIS fpecies never grows to a large fize, fei- 

 dom exceeding a foot in length. 



It is diftinguifhed from all others by its great 

 depth ; one of the fize abovementioned being near 

 four inches deep in the broadeft part. 



The back is very much arched, and carinated. 

 The fcales larger than thofe of the cod fifh. The 

 mouth fmall ; the beard fhort. On each fide of 

 the lower jaw are feven or eight punctures. 



The firft dorfal fin is triangular, and terminates 

 in a long fibre : the color of the fins and tail black : 

 at the bottom of the pectoral fins is a black fpot. 



The lateral line is white, broad, and crooked. 



The tail is even at the end, and of a dufky 

 color. 



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