352 GkHlDM. 



Forked Hake, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii, p. 170. pi. 31, and edit. 1812, iii. 



p. 259. pi. 35. 

 Gadus blennoides, Briinn. Ichth. Mass. p. 24. 

 Merlu barbu, JDuham. Peches, ii. p. 147. pi. 25. fig. 4. 

 Gadus bifurcus, Walb. Art. iii. p. 137. 



albidus, L. Gm. i. p. 1171. 



Phycis tinea, Bl. Schn. p. 56. tab. 11. 



blennoides, Bl. Schn. p. 50 ; Risso, Eur. M^rid. iii. p. 222 ; Cuv, 



B^gne Anim. 

 Blennius gadoides, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 130. 

 Greater Forked Beard, Couch in Linn. Trans, xiv. p. 75. 

 Blennius phycis, Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 93. 



Phycis furcatus, Fletn. Brit. An. p. 193 ; Jen. Man. p. 452 ; Yarr. Brit. 

 Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 289, and 3rd edit. i. p. 595 j Tlwmps. Nat. Hist. 

 Irel. iv. p. 187. 



D. (9) 10 I 58-02. A. 54. L. lat. 100. 

 The first dorsal with some of the anterior rays elongate ; the ventral 

 extends far beyond the origin of the anal. Five or six series of scales 

 between the anterior dorsal and the lateral line. Vertical fins edged 

 with black ; ventrals white. 



Coasts of Europe. 

 a. Adult : stufied. Liverpool. Presented by J. P. G. Smith, Esq. 

 h. Adult: stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. Spence, 

 R.N. 



c. Adult: stuffed. Polperro. Purchased. 



d. Adult : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 e,f. Half-grown: skins. 



g. Large specimen (29| inches long). Madeira. Presented by J. Y. 



Johnson, Esq. 

 h. Young. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 



Description. — The height of the body is less than the length of the 

 head, which is one-fourth of the total length (without caudal). Snout 

 obtuse, rounded, with the upper jaw overlapping the lower, nearly as 

 long as the eye. Cleft of the mouth subhorizontal, the maxillary 

 not quite extending to the vertical from the posterior margin of the 

 eye. Teeth villiforra, in a band in the jaws and on the vomer. Barbel 

 nearly as long as the eye ; a very short cutaneous flap at the nostril. 

 The width of the interorbital space equals that of the orbit in adult 

 specimens, whilst it is much less in yoimg ones. The anterior dorsal 

 commences in the vertical from the pectoral ; its second and third 

 rays are prolonged, but shorter than the head. The second dorsal 

 and the anal are enveloped in a somewhat loose skin, which is scaly 

 at the base ; their margins are even. Caudal entirely free from dorsal 

 and anal, subtrujicated in large individuals and rounded in young 

 ones. The vent is situated below the ninth ray of the second dorsal, 

 and the anal commences immediately behind it. Pectoral much shorter 

 than the head. The longer of the two filaments, into which the 

 ventral is divided, extends sometimes nearly to the middle of the 

 anal. Pseudobranchise none. 



Body immaculate ; all the fins edged with black. 



This species grows to a length exceeding 2 feet. 



