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OADIDM. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 M4LAC0PTERyGII. 



GADIDJE. 



THE THREE-BEARDED ROCKLING. 



SEA LOCHE. WHlSTLE-FlSH. 



Motella vrilgaris, Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii. p. 334. 

 ,, trlcirratu, Nilsson, p. 48. 



,, ,, Three- Bearded Rockliiig, Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 449, 



sp. 135. 



,, ,, WiLLUGHBY, p. 121, H. 4, fig. 4. 



Mustela marina, Rockling, Ray, Syn. p. 164, sp. 9, fig. 9. 

 Gadjis tricirratus, Bloch, pt. v. pi. 165. 



,, mustela, Three-Bearded Cod, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 267, 



pi. 36. 

 Rockling, Don, Brit. Fish. pi. 2. 

 ,, tricirratus, Three-Bearded Cade, Flem. Brit. An. p. 193, sp. 86. 



Generic Characters. — Body elongated, cylindrical, compressed posteriorly ; 

 the first dorsal fin very slightly elevated, delicate in structure, scarcely percep- 

 tible; second dorsal and anal fins long, continued nearly to the base of the tail. 



The Three-Bearded Rockling, included by the 

 Rev. Mr. Jago in liis Catalogue of the rarer Fishes of Corn- 

 wall, and published by Ray, with a figure, at the end of 

 his Synopsis, though not uncommon on the Devonshire and 

 Cornish coasts, as noticed by Colonel Montagu and Mr. 

 Couch, is more rare on our shores generally than the Five- 



