Class IV. THREE BEARDED COD, 201 



Muftella vulgaris. Rondel. 



281- Gefner pifc. 89. 

 Sea Loche Ceftria, Whittle 



iifli Cornubia. Wil. Ictb. 



THIS fpecies commonlv frequents the rocky 

 fhores of thefe iflands, and is fometimes 

 taken with a bait. 



It grows to the length of nineteen inches ; the 

 weight two pounds two ounces : the head is large 

 and fiat : the eyes not remote from the end of 

 the nofe : the body is long, flender, and compref- 

 fed tideways, efpecially towards the tail: at the end 

 of the upper jaw are two beards - 9 on the chin one. 



The teeth are numerous and fmall, difpofed 

 along the jaws in form of a broad plate : in the 

 roof of the mouth is a fee of fmall teeth, difpofed 

 in a triangular form. 



The number of branchioftegous rays is feven. 



The firft dorfal fin is lodged in a deep furrow 

 juft beyond the head, and confifts of a number of 

 fhort unconnected rays : the fecond rifes juft be- 

 hind it, ancl reaches very near the tail : the pero- 

 ral fins are broad and round ; the ventral fins fmall -, 

 the fecond ray the longed : the anal fin reaches al- 

 moft to the tail : the tail rounded at the end. 



The fcales are very fmall : the color of the body 

 and head a reddim yellow, marked above the lateral 



line 



