CODKI.SHES. 



493 



THE BIB (sw. skaggtorsken). 

 GADUS LUSCUS. 



Plate XXII, A, lig. 2. 



Lciigtli of the hase of the first anal fin more than half the distance hetiveen this fin and the tip of the snout. 

 Upper jair most prominent. Lenf/th of the lower jaw at least about 44 % of that of the head, ivhich {at least 

 in adult specimens) is more than :24 % of the length of the hodij. Least depth of the tail {at least in adult 

 specimens) more than 5 % of the length of the hody, than 49 % of the length of the lower jaw, than 51 % of the 

 distance hetween the tip of the snout and the hind extremitg of the maxillary hones, or than 44 % of the length 

 of the hase of the third dorsal fin. Distance between the tiji of the snout and the hind extremity of the maxillary 

 bones more than 84 % of the length of the lower jaw, but less than the length of the ventral fins. Length of the 

 snout less than 8 % of that of the body, tluni (!(>' % of the postorbital length of the head, or than 64 % of the 

 length of the lower jaw. Greatest depth of the body more than '/, of ds length, and the greatest thickness, which 

 is about equal to the postorbital length of the head, more than 11 % of the length of the Imly. Coloration above 

 yellou-ish brou-n or red. belly white; lateral line only slightly, if at all, darker" than the colour of the body: a 



blackish spot at the upper part of the base of the pectoral fin. 



R. bi: 7; D. 12— 14|22''— 26|18— 20; A. 27— 30^:i8''— 21 ; 

 P. 19''— 20; V. G; C. ^ + 20— 22 + .r; Vert. 48. 



Sijn. Aselius luscits, Willughby, Hist. Pise, p. 169. Tacaud, 

 DuHAM. Tr. Pech., part II, sect. I, p. 136, tab. 23, fig. 2. 



Gadiis, No. 6, Art., Gen., p. 21; No. 5 et 12, Syn., p. 35 

 et 37 ; No. 6, Spec, p. 65. 



Gadus lusctis, LiN., Si/st. Nat., ed. X, torn. I, p. 252; Mus. 

 Ad. Frid., torn. II prodr., p. 69; (?) Faber, Tidskr. Naturv., 

 Kbhvn, vol. V (1828), p. 219; Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. 

 Anim., p. 442; Fries, Skand. Fisk., ed. I, p. 78; (?) Kb., 

 Damn. Fiske, vol. II, p. 77; NiLSS., Skand. Fn., Fisk., p. 

 545; Gthr, Vat. Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. IV, p. 335; Malm, 

 (Gaduhis), Gbf/s, Boh. Fn., p. 482; Mor. (Gadus), Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss. Fr., toin. Ill, p. 233; Day, Fish. Gt. Brit., 

 Irel., vol. I, p. 286, tab. LXXX; Petersen, Vid. Meddel. 

 Naturh. For. Kbhvn 1884, p. 157; Lill.t., Sv., Norg. Fn., 

 Fisk., vol. II, p. 68; Hansen, Zool. Dan., Fiske, p. 65, 

 tab. IX, fig. 2. 



Gadits barhatus, LiN., (p. p.) Syst. Nat., 1. c. ; Block (Der 

 breite Schellfisch), Naturg. Ausl. Fisch., part. 2, p. 105, 

 tab. CLXVI; Esm., Skand. Naturf. 4:de Miide, Christ. 1844, 

 Forh., p. 230; Malm, Gbgs Vet., Vitt. Sanih. Handl., N. 

 Tidsf., H. 2, p. 107 c. tab. 



Gadus minutus, Steind., Stzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. 

 Naturw. CI., LVII, i (1868), p. 704; Winth., Natiirh. 

 Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. 3, vol. XII, p. 29; MoR., 1. c, p. 231. 



The Bearded Cod {Skaggtorsken) or Broad Cod 

 {Bredtorsken), as Nilsson called it, has been Avell-known, 

 ever since the times of Willl'Ghby and Dihamel. to 



Engli.sh zoologists by the trivial names of Bib, Blinds, 

 and Whiting Pout, and in France by that of Tacaud. 

 Among the Cods it has the deepest and (in proportion 

 to the depth) most compressed body, as well as the 

 relatively longest jjarlsel. The name of luscus is derived 

 from the loose membrane over the eyes, which gener- 

 ally s^vells and groAvs more and more opaque after the 

 death of the fish. The skin of the fins too, especially 

 at their bases, is sometimes much swollen, loose, and 

 slippery. 



According to Mal.m, who had the opportunitv of 

 examining the fish during life and just after its cap- 

 ture, the colour of the upper half of the bodv is red- 

 dish brown with a faint dash of yellow, that of the 

 lower half lighter, Avith a bluish gray tinge, but pass- 

 ing towards the belly into whitish. The whole bodv, 

 except the extreme ventral margin, is finelv strewn 

 with small, blackish brown dots. The sides of the 

 body have a lustre of gold or silver, sometimes with 

 a greenish tinge. The lateral line is golden velloAv, 

 but for the first half of its length brownish. The fins, 

 according to Day, are bluish black and darke.st at the 

 margins. This coloration is sometimes diversified, how- 

 evei-, bv transverse bands across the bodv, traces of 



" In specimens preserved in spirits lighter. 

 * Sometimes 20, according to Gunther. 

 ' „ 35, ,, ,, Je.nyks. 



^ „ 17, „ ,, MOREAU. 



