366 GADID^. 



each of the anterior nostrils, the third at the chin. Teeth villiform 

 and of equal size in the upper jaw. Generally a series of white dots 

 along the lateral Hne. 

 Coasts of Europe. 



a. Half-grown : skin. Great Britain. From Mr.Yarrell's Collection. 



h. Half-grown. Great Britain. From the Haslar Collection. 



o-d. Young. South Devonshire. Mus. Leach. 



e-f. Young. Falmouth. Purchased. 



g. Thirteen inches long. Falmouth. Purchased. 



li-i. Young. Polperro. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 



Tc. Adult: stuffed. Polperro. 



7. Young. Mediterranean. Presented by Dr. E. Riippell. 



m. Adult. Bay of Naples. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



n. Adult. Trebizond. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



0, p. Adult and half-grown. 



q. Sixteen inches long : stuffed. 



r. Adult: skeleton. British. 



Reinhardt distinguishes another species from this, M. ensis (Dansk. 

 Vidensk. Selsk. Afhandl. vii. 1838, p. 128), with the first dorsal ray 

 as long as the head. — Greenland. 



3. Motella maculata. 



Onos maculata, Hisso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 216. 



Motella vulgaris, Parn, Went. Mem. vii. p. 354, or Fishes Frith of 



Forth, p. 194. _ 

 ? Motella capensis, Kaup in Wiegm, Arch. 1858, p. 90. 



D. 56-62. A. 50. V. 5. Vert. 15/33. 



Very similar to M. tricirrata. Snout obtuse, broad, rather de- 

 pressed, with three barbels : one at each of the anterior nostrils, 

 the third at the chin. Teeth of the upper jaw in a band ; stronger 

 teeth in the outer series. Brown : sometimes head, body, and dorsal 

 fin with numerous roundish, small, whitish spots. Large indi- 

 viduals generally with a row of brown spots along the base of the 

 dorsal fin. 



Coasts of Europe. 



a-b. Eighteen inches long : skins. Plymouth. From Mr. Yarrell's 



Collection. 

 c-cl. Adult : stuffed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. Spence, 



R.N. 

 e. Adult : skin. Great Britain. From Mr.Yarrell's Collection. 

 /. Adult : stuffed. English coast. 



g. Adult : stuffed. Devonshire. Presented by W. Cocks, Esq. 

 h-L Half-grown. Cannes. Presented by Th. Giinther, M.D. 

 k, I. Half-grown. Lisbon. Presented by G. Hough, Esq. 

 m, n-o, p-q. Fine adult, half-grown, and young specimens. Madeira. 

 r. Half-grown. Sicily. Presented by W. Swainson, Esq. 

 s, t. Half-grown. Dalmatia. 

 u. Adult : skeleton. From the Haslar Collection. 



