19. E.iNicEPs. 367 



4. Motella cimbria. 



Foiir-bearded Rockling. 



Gadus cimbrius, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 440 ; Lacep. ii. p. 442 ; Stramsen- 



felt, Vet. Akacl. Handl. 1773, p. 22. tab. 2. 

 Enchelyopus cimbricus, Bl. Schn. p. 50. tab. 9. 



MoteUa cimbrica, Nilss. Prodr. p. 48, and Skand. Faun. iv. p. 587 ; 

 Yarr. Brit. Fishes, 2nd edit. ii. p. 274, and 3rd edit. i. p. 579 ; Parn. 

 Wem. Mem. vii. p. 449. pi. 44. 



D. 50. A. 43-45. V. 5. 



Snout obtuse, much longer than the eye, scarcely depressed, with 

 the upper jaw prominent, and with four barbels : one at each of the 

 anterior nostrils (which are the longest), a third in the middle of 

 the snout, and a fourth at the chin. All the teeth villiform, of equal 

 size. The first ray of the anterior dorsal prolonged, filiform. Dorsal 

 and anal with a black blotch posteriorly. 



Coasts of northern Europe. 



a. Fine specimen. England. Presented by Dr. Melville. 

 h-c. Twelve inches long : skins. Frith of Forth. 



d. Fourteen inches long : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



e. Adult. Bahuslan. Presented by Hr. A. W. Malm. 



5. MoteUa pacifica., 

 Schleg. Faun, Japon. Poiss. p. 249. 



D. 45. A. 38. V. 5. 



Snout obtuse, subcorneal, longer than the eye, with three barbels : 

 one on each side at the nostrils and one at the chin. Teeth in a 

 band, with an outer series of stronger ones. Dorsal and anal black 

 posteriorly. 



Japan. 



19. RANICEPS. 



Raniceps, Cuv. B^gne Anim. 



Head large, broad and depressed ; body of moderate length, covered 

 with minute scales. *A separate caudal. Two dorsal fins, the ante- 

 rior of which is very short, rudimentary. One anal fin. Ventrals 

 composed of six rays. Card-like teeth in the jaws and on the vomer, 

 intermixed with stronger ones in the former. Branchiostegals seven ; 

 pyloric appendages none. 



Coasts of northern Europe. 



1. Raniceps trifiircus. 



Barbus minor, Bay, Syn. p. 164. fig. 8 ; Couch, Linn. Trans, xiv. p. 75. 

 Blennius raninxis, L. Syst. Nat. lOtb edit. p. 258. 

 Trifurcated Hake, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 172. pi. 32. 

 Trifurcated Tadpole-fish, Pen?i. Brit. Zool. edit. 1812, iii. p. 272. pi. 38. 

 Least Hake, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 171, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 261. 

 Blennius raninus et fuscus, Miill. Prodr. p. 43. 



Gadus raninus, Miill. Zool. Dan. tab. 45 ; Briiiin. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. 

 Skr. xii. p. 291. 



