1 i). EANICEPS. 367 



4. Motella cimbria. 



Four-bearded Roekliug. 



Gadus cimbrius, Z. <S'(/*/- ^^"i- i- P- 440 ; Lacep. ii. p. 442 ; Straussen- 



felt, Vet. Almd. Ha'ndl. 1773, p. 22. tab. 2. 

 Enchelyopus cimbricus, Bl. Schn. p. 50. tab. 9. 



Motella cimbrica, Nilss. Prodr. p. 48, and Skand. Faun. iv. p. 587 ; 

 Yarr. Brit. Fishes, 2nd edit. ii. p. 274, and 3rd edit. i. p. 579 ; Parti. 

 Wern. 3fe>n. vii. p. 449. pi. 44. 



D. 50. A. 43-45. V. 5. 



Snout obtuse, much longer than the eye, scarcely depressed, with 

 the upper jaw prominent, and with four barbels : one at each of the 

 anterior nostrils (which are the longest), a thii-d in the middle of 

 the snout, and a fourth at the chin. All the teeth \-illiform, of equal 

 size. The first ray of the anterior dorsal prolonged, filiform. Dorsal 

 and anal with a black blotch posteriorly. 



Coasts of northern Eurojje. 



(I. Fine specimen. England. Presented by Dr. Melville. 

 b-c. Twelve inches long : skins. Fi-ith of Forth. 

 (7. Fourteen inches long : skin. From Mr. YarreU's Collection. 

 e. Adult. Bahusliin. Presented by Hr. A. W. Malm. 



5. Motella pacifica. 



Schleg. Faun. Japan. Pviss. p. 249. 



D. 45. A. 38. V. 5. 



Snout obtuse, subcorneal, longer than the eye, with three barbels : 

 one on each side at the nostrils and one at the chin. Teeth in a 

 band, with an outer series of sti'onger ones. Dorsal and anal black 

 posteriorly. 



Japan. 



19. RANICEPS. 



Raniceps, Cin: Rkgne Anim. 



Head large, broad and depressed ; body of moderate length, covered 

 with minute scales. A separate caudal. Two dorsal fins, the ante- 

 rior of which is very short, rudimentary. One anal fin. Yentrals 

 composed of six rays. Card-like teeth in the jaws and on the vomer, 

 intermixed with stronger ones in the former. Branchiostegals seven ; 

 Ijyloric appendages none. 



Coasts of northern Europe. 



1. Raniceps trifarcus. 



Barbus minor, Ray, Syn. p. 104. finf. 8 ; Couch, Linn. Trans, xiv. p. 75. 

 Blennius raninus, L. Si/st. Nat. 10th edit. p. 258. 

 Trifiurcated Hake, Pen'n. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 172. pi. 32. 

 Trifurcated Tadpole-fish, Pvun. Brit. Z,m,\. edit. 1812, iii. p. 272. pi. 38. 

 Least Hake, Penn. Brit. 7moI iii. p. 171, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 261. 

 Blennius raninus et t'uscu.'^, Mtill. Prodr. p. 43. 



Gadus raninus, Midi. Zool. Ban. tab. 45 ; Briinn. Dansh. Vid. Sehk. 

 Sh: xii. p. 291. 



