fOPFISHES. 



oil 



THE POUTASSOU (sw. kolmulen). 



GADUS POUTASSOU. 



Fig. 12,3. 



Length of the huse of fJic first anal fin onhj f^lif/litJif less or even greater than the distance hettveen this fin and 

 the tip of the snout. Length of the base of flie first dorsal fin less than 25 (23?) %, and that of the base of the 

 second dorsal fin less than 33 (30?) %, of thr length of the base of the first anal fin. Lower jaw most j^rominent, 

 its length lieiug at least .54 % of that of the head, but less than 14 % of that of the body. Distance between the 

 tip of the snout and the hind e.rtremitg of the maxillarg bones at most aliout 81 %" of the length of the lower jatv, 

 but greater than the length of the rentrol fins, wJiich is less flian twice the least depth of the tail. Least depth- 

 of the tail more than 25 (29?) % of the base of the third dorsal fin, or than 27 (28?) % of the length if the 

 pectoral fins. Distance between the first dorsal fin and the tip of the snout at least aliout 33 % of the lengtJt of 

 the bodg. Length of the snout less than (iO % of that of tlic lower jaw. Course of the lateral line parallel to 



the dorsal profile, irithout aug percepdible break. 



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Fig. 123. Gftdus poutassou, ' ., of the natural 



il (Struinstad), tlje lOtli of February, 1890, C. A. Haksso.v. 



R. br. 7; D. 12— 13 12— U 21 — 24; A. 34— 39''j23— 25''; 

 P. 20: V. 6; C. ,7 + 24— 2G +,r; Vert. 58. 



Syn. (rddiis merlaiii/us, Eisso, Idithi/ol. Nice, p. 115. 



Merlangus poutassou, Risso, Eur. Me'r., torn. Ill, p. 227; Dub., 

 KoB., (potasson), Vet.-Akad. Hand). 1844, p. 88; NiLSS. 

 (Gadiis poutassou^, Skand. Fn.. Fisk., p. 556; Gthr, Cat. 

 Brit. Mus., Fifh., vol. IV, p. 338; CovcB, Hist. Fish. Brit. 

 IsL, vol. Ill, p. 77, tab. CXLI; Steind., Stzber. Akad. Wiss. 

 Wien, Math. Naturu-. Ch LVII, i, (1868). p. 705; Coll., Forh. 

 Vid. Selsk. Christ. 1874, Tillsegsh., p. 110; N. Mag. Naturv. 

 Christ., Bd. 29 (1884), p. 82; Malm (Boreogadiis), Gigs, 

 Boh. Fit., p. 486: Gigl. (Gadiis), Espoz. Intern. Pesc. Ber- 

 lino 1880, Sez. Ital., Cat., p. 96; Mor. {Merlangus\ Hist. 

 Nat. Poiss. Fr., toni. Ill, p. 245; Day (Gadiis), Fish. Gt. 

 Brit., Irel., vol. I, p. 292, tab. LXXXIII, fig. 1 ; Afostolides 

 (Merlangus), Peche en Grece (Athen 1883), p. 29: Vi.N'n- 



GtJERKA, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Geneva, vol. XVIII (1882 

 — 83), p. 550, tav. II, figg. 1—2; Storm ((?«/!«), N. Vid. 

 Selsk. Skr. 1883 (Trondhj.), p. 33; Lillj., .SV., Norg. Fn., 

 Fisk., vol. II, p. 112. 

 Merlangus vernalis, Risso, Eur. Mc'r., Ill, p. 228 (vide Mob., 



ViNCIG., APOSTOL.). 



Merlangus albus, Yarr., Brit. Fish., ed. 2. vol. II. p. 247; 



DL'ii., Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1844. p. Ill: Forh. Skand. 



Natnrf. Mode, Christ. 1844, p. 224. 

 Merlangus cormnunis, Costa, Fn. Regn. Nap., Pesc, Malacott. 



Sottobr., p. 7. 

 Gadus 7nelanosiomus Nilss., 1. c; Olss., Lunds Univ. Arsskr., 



torn. VIII (1871), p. 8. 



The Poutassou is known in Scandinavia a.s hol- 

 mulen, kolmulehvitlingen (Nilsson), holmunnen (Lillje- 

 borg), in Ciiristiania Fjord as Spcer or. on account of its 



" Never more than 81' , in the specimens we have examined. 

 '' Sometime-; 41, according to Lillikborg. 



30. 



., Risso and Moreau. 



