336 GADID^. 



Morrhua lusca, Yarr. Biit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 237, 3rd edit. i. p. 540; 



Parn. Wern. Mem. vii. p. 340, or Fish. Frith of Forth, p. 180; Thomps. 



Nat. Hist. Irel. iv. p. 181. 

 Gadus colias, Gronov. Syst. ed. Crvay, p. 131. 

 Air-bladder : Delaroche, Ann. Mus. xiv. 1809, p. 279. 



D. 12 1 20-22 1 19-20. A. 29-32 | 19-20. V. 6. Vert. 48. 



Barbel as long as the eye ; snout obtuse, with the upper jaw longest, 

 not longer than the eye. The height of the body is more than the 

 length of the head, and one-third of the total (without caudal). The 

 vent is situated vertically below the anterior portion of the first 

 dorsal. The two anal fins are subcontinuous. Caudal truncated. 

 Proportions of the fins : — 



ID. 2D. 3D. 1 A. 2 A. 

 1 : 2-4 : 1-15 : 3-22 : 1-2 



A black spot in the axil of the pectoral ; caudal edged with black. 

 Body with cross-bands during Ufe. 



British coasts to Scandinavia. Mediterranean. 



a-b. Seventeen inches long : skins. Frith of Eorth. From Dr. Par- 



neU's Collection. 

 c-e. Adult and young : skins. Frith of Forth. From Dr. ParneU's 



Collection. 

 f-h. Young. Brighton. Presented by Mr. E. Gerrard. 

 i-l. Half-grown and yoimg : skins : not in good state. England. 



From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 m. Adult. England. Presented by Mr. Gerrard. 

 n-o. Adult : stuffed. English coast. 



p. Young. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 

 q. Young. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 

 r. Fine specimen. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 s. Adult : skin. 



t. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 

 u-v. Adult and half-grown : skeletons. British. 



Artedi, ParneU, and Nilsson have given detailed descriptions of this 

 species. 



The rihs of this species are proportionally longer and stronger than 

 in the preceding ; they are firmly attached to the dilated parapo- 

 physes, and from the sixteenth vertebra they commence to coalesce 

 entirely with those processes, joining the ribs of the other side, 

 whereby complete rings are formed, surrounding the posterior part of 

 the abdominal cavity. It is impossible to define the boundary between 

 abdominal and caudal vertebrae, the abdominal cavity being continued 

 on to the twenty-fifth vertebra, which evidently belongs to the caudal 

 portion. 



B. Lower jaw longest ; teeth in the outer series of the upper jaw stronger 

 than the others {Boreogadus). 



11. Gadus fabricii. 



Gadus seglefinus, Fabr. Faun. Groinl. p. 142. 



fabrieii, Richards. Fnuit. Bor.'Amer. Fish. p. 245. 



