340 GADID^. 



Ascan. iii. tab. 23. 



Gadus colinus, LacSp, ii. p. 416. 



sey, Lacep. ii. p. 417. 



Merlangus virens, Flem, Brit. An, p. 195 ; Jen. Man. 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. Afhandl. vii. p. 128. 

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



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



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



p. 129; Bekay, Neio York. Faun. Fish. p. 287. pi. 45. fig. 144; 



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

 Gadus poUachius, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, 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 fijis : — 

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

 1 : 2-2 : 13 : 2-5 : 1-3 

 A black spot superiorly in the axil. 



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



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

 h-g. Adult and young : skins. Frith of Forth. From Dr. Pamell's 



Collection. 

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

 i. Young. Frith of Forth. Museum Leach. 

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



Malm. 

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



Esq. 

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



minute. 

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

 jp. Adult: skeleton. British. 



Pamell, Nilsson, Fries and Ekstrom have given detailed descriptions 

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



The transverse processes of the abdominal vertehrce are rather short, 

 the ribs relatively feeble. Tha interha^mals of the -^.nterior half of 

 the first anal are free between tha abdominal muscles. The abdomina' 

 cavity tf^rminates 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, depres.sed, rather obtuse. " Dentes aciculares in 



