332 QADID^. 



5. Gadus californicus. 



Morrhua califomica, Ayres, Proc. Calif. Acad. 1854, p. 9. 



D. 12 I 16 I 18. A. 23 | 20. 



Barbel present. The height of the body is less than the length of 

 the head, which is one-fourth of the total (with the caudal fin). The 

 vent is situated vertically below the hinder portion of the first dorsal. 

 Fins separated from one another by interspaces ; proportions of the 

 length of their bases : — 



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

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



Coloration uniform. 

 San Francisco. 



Girard considers his G.proximus (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad.1854, 

 pp. 141, 154, and U. S. Pacif. R. E. Exped. Fishes, p. 142. pi. 40 a. 

 figs. 5-8) as identical with the species described by Dr. Ayres. He 

 gives the following as the numbers of the fins : D. 13 | 21 | 22. 

 A. 26 I 21. 



6. Gadus seglefinus. 



The Haddock. l)er Schell-fisch. 



Tertia asellorum species. Rondel, ix. c. 11. p. 277 ; Gesner, p. 26. 100 ; 



Aldrov. iii. c. 1. p. 282. 

 Ones, WiUughhy, p. 170. tab. L, M. 1. no. 2 ; Ray, p. 65. 

 Asellus minor, Schanev. p. 18. 

 Gadus, sp., Artedi, Species, p. 64 ; Synon. p. 36. no. 7 ; Genera, p. 20. 



no. 5 ; Granov. Zoophyl. no. 320, and Mas. i. no. 59. 

 Gadus seglefinus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 435 ; Bl. Fische Deutschl. ii. p. 188. 



taf. 62 ; Bl. Schn. p. 6 ; LacSp. ii. p. 397 ; Donov.Brit. Fish. iii. pi. 59; 



Mitch. Lit. 8f Phil. Tram. New York, i. p. 370 ; TuH. Brit. Faun. 



p. 89 ; Jen. Man. p. 441 ; FVies och Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 86. tab. 19 ; 



Niks. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 550 ; Faber, Fische Isl. p. 100 ; Gronov. 



Syst. ed. Gray,-o. 131. 

 L'Anon, Duhamet, Peches, ii. sect. 1. cap. 4. p. 133. pi. 23. fig. 1. 

 Callarias, sp., Klein, Pise. Miss. v. p. 6. no. 2. 

 Isa, Olafs. Isl. Reise, § 528. tab. 26. 



Hadock, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 158 ; ed. 1812, iii. p. 241. 

 Morrhua aeglefinus, F^em. Bnt. Anim. p. 191 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2nd 



edit. ii. p. 233, 3rd edit. i. p. 536 ; Pam. Wern. Mem. vii. p. 337, or 



Fish. Frith of Forth, p. 177 ; Storer, Fish. Massach. p. 124 ; Dekay, 



New York Fauna, Fish. p. 279. pi. 43. fig. 138 ; Thomps. Nat. Hist. 



Irel. iv. p. 179. 

 Morhua punctatus, Flem. I. c. p. 192. 

 Air-bladder : Delaroche, Ann. Mus. xiv. 1809, p. 278. 



D. 14-16 I 20-24 I 19-21. A. 24-25 | 21-22. V.6. Vert. 23/31. 



Barbel very short. Snout protruding, longer than the eye, with the 

 upper jaw longest. The height of the body is less than, or equal to, 

 the length of the head, which is contained thrice and four-fifths in 

 the total length, the caudal rays not included. The vent is situated 

 vertically below the origin of the second dorsal fin. The two anal 



