344 GADID^. 



inches, lines. 

 Distance of the end of the snout from the 



origin of the first dorsal 2 8 



from the origin of the second dorsal 3 6 



from the vent 4 4 



from the origin of the second anal . 6 8 



5. STRINSIA. 



Strinsia, Rafin. Ind. Itt. Sic. p. 12. 



Body moderately elongate, covered with smaU scales ; eye rather 

 large. One short anterior dorsal, the second and the anal united with 

 the caudal ; ventral composed of several rays, rather narrow. Upper 

 jaw overlapping the lower ; both jaws with a band of small teeth and 

 with an outer series of larger ones ; no teeth on the vomer or the 

 palatine bones. (Barbel none.) 



Mediterranean. 



1. Strinsia tinea. 

 Strinsia tinea, {Rafin.) Bmiap. Faun. Ital. Pesce. 



ID 10. 2D. + C.+A. 111. V. 7. 



The maxillary extends to below the posterior margin of the eye ; the 

 origin of the anal is situated vertically below the end of the first dorsal. 

 Mediterranean. 



6. MERLUCCIUS*. 

 Gadus, sp., Artedi. 

 Merluccius, sp,, Ctiv. Reyne Anini. 



Body elongate, covered with very small scales. A separate caudal; 

 two dorsal fins and one anal ; ventrals weU developed, composed of 

 seven rays. Teeth in the jaws and on the vomer rather strong, in 

 double or triple series. No barbel. Branchiostegals seven. 



Temperate seas of Europe, to the coasts of North America ; one 

 species from Chile. 



1. Merluccius vulgaris. 



Hake. 



"Ovos, Artstot. viii. c. 15, ix. c. 37; Atken. vii. 315; JElian, ix. c. 38; 



Oppian, Hal. i. p. 5, and ii. p. 59. 

 "Ovos daXdmos, JElian, v. C. 20. 



Marlutius, Bellon. De Aquat. p. 122 ; Gesner, pp. 84, 97. 

 Asellus, Ovid, v. 131 ; Plin. ix. c. 16, 17 ; Rondel, ix. c. 9, p. 272 ; 



Salv. p. 73. c. fig. mal. 

 Asellus alter, Aldrov. iii. c. 2. p. 286. 



primus, Willuyhhy, p. 174. tab. L, M. 2. no. 1 ; Ray, p. 56. 



Gadus, sp., Artedi, Syn. p. 36. no. 10 ; Genera, p. 22. no. 8 ; Gronov. 



Zoophyl. no. 315. 

 Lysing, Strom, Sondm. i. p. 295. 

 Gadus merluccius, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 439 ; Fabr. Faun, Groenl. p. 148 ; 



Bl. Ami. Fischc, ii. p. 94. taf. 104 ; Bl. ScJw. p. 10 ; Lac^. ii. p. 446 ; 



* 1. Merluccius ambiguus, Lowe, Free. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 37. — Madeira. 

 2. Gadus fimbria, PaU. Zoogr. Ross.- As. iii. p. 200. -N.W. coast of America. 



