334 GADID^. 



8. Gadus merlangus. 



Whiting. Hvitling (Sweden). 



Secunda Asellorum species, Rondel, ix. c. 10. p. 276 ; Gesner, pp. 85, 



99. 

 Asellus candidus primus, Schonev. p. 17. 



minor alter, Aldrov. iii. c. 3. p. 287. 



mollis major, Willughby, p. 170. tab. L, M. 1. no. 5 ; Ray, Syn. 



p. 55. 

 Gadus, sp., Artedi, Syn. p. 34. no. 1 ; J^ec. p. 62. no. 1 ; Genera, p. 19. 



no. 1 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 316. 

 Blege, Strom, Sdndm. i. p. 270. 

 Gadus merlangus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 438 ; Bl. Fische Deutschl. ii. p. 161. 



taf. 65 ; Bl. Schn. p. 9 ; Lacep. ii. p. 424 ; Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 91 ; 



Donov. Brit. Fish. li. pi. 36 ; Faber, Fische Isl. p. 93 ; Fries ^ Ekstr. 



Skand. Fisk. p. 81. taf. 18; Cuv. R^yne Anim. III. Poiss. pi. 106. fig. 2; 



Nilss. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 553 ; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 132. 

 Callarias, Klein, Bisc. Miss. v. p. 8. no. 3. tab. 3. fig. 2. 

 Whiting, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii p. 167, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 255. 

 Merlan, Duhamel, Peches, ii. sect. 1. p. 128. pi. 22. fig. 1. 

 Merlangus vulgaris, Flem. Brit. An. p. 195 ; Jen. Man. p. 445 ; Yarr. 



Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 244, and 3rd edit. i. p. 548 ; Parn. Wern. 



Mem. vii. p. 342, or Fish. Frith of Forth, p. 182. 

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



D. 13-14 1 20-^3 I 20-21. A. 33-35 | 22-24. Vert. 23/31. 



Barbel none. Snout conical, twice the length of the eye, with the 

 upper jaw longest. The height of the body is less than the length of 

 the head, which is two-sevenths of the total (without caudal). The 

 vent is situated vertically below the middle of the first dorsal. Anal 

 fins not continuous, but very close together. Caudal truncated. Pro- 

 portions of the fins : — 



A black spot in the axil of the pectoral. 

 Coasts of Northern Europe. 



a-d. Adult and young : skins. Frith of Forth. From Dr. Pamell's 



Collection. 

 e. Young. Frith of Forth. 

 f-h. Fine specimens. London market. 

 i. Young: stuffed. English coast. 

 k-l. Young : skins. From Gronow's Collection. 

 m. Young: skins. 

 n-o. Adult and half-grown : skeletons. British. 



The parapophyses of the abdominal vertebrce are proportionally 

 rather short, much shorter than the neural spines. The anal fin 

 extends forwards to the front part of the abdominal cavity ; conse- 

 quently the greater portion of the interha3mals belonging to the rays 

 of the first anal are not attached to the vertebral column, but quite 

 free between the abdominal muscles. 



