340 GADIP^. 



Ascan. iii. tab. 23. 



Gadu8 colinus, Lacep. ii. p. 416. 



sey, Lacep. ii. p. 417. 



Merlangus virens, Flem. Brit. An. p. 195 ; Jen. Han. p. 447 ; Yarr. 



Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 256, 3rd edit. i. p. 557 ; Parn. Wern. 



Mem. vii. p. 349, or Fish. Frith of Forth, p. 189 ; Reinh. in Dansk. 



Vidensk. Selsk. Apiandl. vii. p. 128. 

 carbon arius, Flem. Brit. An. p. 195 ; Jen. Man. p. 446 ; YarreU, 



Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 250, 3rd edit. i. p. 554; Parn. Wern. Mem. 



vii. p. 345, or Fish. Fnth of Forth, p. 185 ; Storer, Fish. Massach. 



p. 129; Dekay, New York. Faun. Fish. p. 287. pi. 45. fig. 144; 



Thomps. Nat. Hist. Irel. iv. p. 183. 

 Gadus pollaehius, Gronov. Syst. ed. Cfray, p. 133. 



D. 13 I 20-22 I 20-22. A. 24-27 | 21-23. Vert. 54. 

 Barbel none or rudimentary. Snout conical, much longer than 

 the eye, with the lower jaw prominent. Teeth in the upper jaw of 

 equal size, cardiform. The height of the body is less than the length 

 of the head, which is contained thrice and three-fifths in the total 

 (without caudal). The vent is situated vertically below the last rays 

 of the first dorsal. Anal fins separated from each other by an inter- 

 space. Caudal truncated. Proportions of the fins : — 

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

 1 : 2-2 : 1-3 : 2-5 : 1-3 

 A black spot superiorly in the axil. 



North Atlantic, southwards to 46° L.W. Northern coasts of Europe. 



a. Half-grown : skin. England. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 

 b-g. Adult and young : skins. Frith of Forth. From Dr. Parnell's 



Collection. 

 h. Forty-one inches long : stuffed. Polperro. 

 i. Young. Frith of Forth. Museum Leach. 

 Ic, I. Half-grown and young. Bahuslan. Presented by Hr. A. W. 



Malm. 

 m. Adult : stuffed. North America. Presented by E. Doubleday, 



Esq. 

 n. Half-grown. Boston. Presented by B.Winstone, Esq. — Barbel 



minute. 

 0. Half-grown : skin. From Gronow's Collection. 

 p. Adult : skeleton. British. 



ParneU, Ntlsson, Fries and Ekstrcim have given detailed descriptions 

 of the Coal-fish, and the two latter a very good figure. 



The transverse processes of the abdominal vertebrce are rather short, 

 the ribs relatively feeble. The interhaemals of the anterior half of 

 the first anal are free between the abdominal muscles. The abdominal 

 cavity terminates below the twenty-seventh vertebra. 



18. Gadus chalcogrammus. 



Pall. Zoogr. Ross.- As. iii. p. 198. 



D. 13 I 15 I 20. A. 21 I 22. Vert. 52. 

 Snout broad, depressed, rather obtuse. "Denies aciculares in 



