1. GADtJS. 339 



Donov. Brit. Fish. i. pi. 7 ; Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 91 ; Risso, Ichth. 

 Nice, p. 113 ; Fries ^ Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 89. tab. 20 j Nilss. Skand. 

 Faun. iv. p. 562. 

 Callarias imberbis, do. 1, Klein, Pise. Miss. v. p. 8. 

 Pollack, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 166, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 254. 

 Lieu, Duhamel, ii. sect. 1. cap. 2. p. 121. pi. 20. fig. 1. 

 Merlangus ^6\l&ch\\\s,Flem.Brit.An. p. 196 ; Jeti. Man. p. 446 ; Yarr. 

 Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 253, 3rd edit. i. p. 559 ; Parnell, Wern. 

 Mem. viii. p. 347, or Fish. Frith of Forth, p. 187. 

 Gadus viridis, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 133. 



D. 12 I 18-20 1 17-19. A. 31 | 19-20. 

 Barbel none. Snout conical, nearly twice the length of 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 anterior 

 half of the first dorsaL Anal fins separated from each other by a 

 small irterspace. Caudal truncated. Proportions of the fins : — 

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

 1 : 2-3 : 1-5 : 36 : 1-6 

 A black spot superiorly in the axil of the pectoral. 



Coasts of Europe, to the western parts of the Mediterranean. 

 a. Three feet long: stuffed. Frith of Forth. From Dr. Parnell's 



CoUection. 

 h-d. Young : skins. Frith of Forth. From Dr. Parnell's Collection. 

 e. Young. Polperro. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 

 /. Young. England. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection as Gadus mer- 

 langus. 

 g-h. Half-grown. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 i. Young. 



We are indebted to Parnell, Nilsson, Fries and Ekstrom for 

 descriptions, and to the latter for a very good representation of this 

 species. 



17. Cradus virens. 



Coal-fish. 



Piscis Colfish Anglorum, Bellon. De Aqiiat. p. 133 ; Gesner, p. 89. 



Aaellus niger carbonarius, Schonev. p. 19 ; Aldrov. iii. cap. 7. p. 289 ; 



Willughby, p. 168. tab. L, M. 1. no. 3 ; Ray, p. 54. 

 Gadus, sp., Artedi, Synon. p. 34. no. 2 ; Genera, p. 20. no. 2 ; Gronov. 



Zoophyl. nos. 317 & 318. 

 Gadus virens, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 438, and Faun. Suec. p. 112 j Bl. Schn. 



p. 6 ; Niks. Skand. Faun. Fisk. iv. p. 559. 

 carbonarius, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 438 ; Bl. Fische Deutschl. ii. p. 164. 



taf. 66; Bl. Schn. p. 9; Donov. Brit. Fish. i. pi. 13; Turt. Brit.Faun. 



p. 91 ; Richards. Faun. Bor.- Artier. Fish. p. 247 ; Faber, Fische Isl. 



p. 96; Brandt Sf Ratzeb. i. p. 51. tab. 9. fig. 1; Fries 8(- EJcstr. 



Skand. Fisk. p. 195. taf. 48 ; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 132. 

 CaUarias imberbis, no. 2, Klein, Pise. Miss. v. p. 8. 

 Co^-fish, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 164. pi. 31, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 250. 



pi. 35. 

 Green Cod, Penn. Brit. Zool. 1812, iii. p. ii53. 

 Colin, Duhamel, Poiss. ii. p. 125. tab, 21. fig. 1. 



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