216 Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



D. 16, 24,20. P. 21. V. 6. A. 26, 21. C. 35. Length, 1 to 2 feet. 



Maine, Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Mitchill, Deka v. 



Gadu teglefimia, Lin., Syst. Nat (12th edit.), p. 435. 

 Haddock, Block, ii p. 125, pi. 62. 

 " (( " Shaw's Gen. Zob'l., iv. p. 136. 



" Pennant's Brit. Zob'l., m. p. 241. 

 " " " Jexvns's Brit. Vert., p. 411. 



" Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 3 



Morrhu £ lefinu: Haddock, Griffith's Cov., x. p. 484. 



" " Yarrell's Brit. Fishes (1st edit.), n. p. 15::, fig ; l M edit ). u p, 233 fig 



<; " •" Storer's Report, p. 124. 



" " " Dekay's Report, p. 279, pi. 43, fig, 138. 



3. Morrhua pruinosa, Mitchill. 



Body oblong, fusiform ; head small and flattened above ; abdomen prominent. The color 

 varies exceedingly ; generally, it is brown, greenish, or yellowish brown, with deeper patch- 

 es, spots, and blotches; beneath lighter. The first two rays of the ventrals free at their ex- 

 tremities, the second ray filamentous. 



D. 13, 18, 19. P. 17. V. 6. A. 22, 18. C 39. Length, 4 to 12 inches. 



Maine, Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley, Ayres. New York, Mitchill. 

 Dekay. 



Frost Cod, and Frost-fi.sh, Pennant's Arct. Zobl., Supplement, p. 1 14 

 Gadus pruinosus, Tom Cod or Frost-fish, Mitciiill's Report in part, p. 4. 

 Gadus tomcodus, Tom Cod, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 368. 

 Morrhua tomcodus, Tom Cod, Storer's Report, p. 126. 

 Morrhua pruinosa, Tom Cod, Dekay's Reporl, p. 278, pi. 44, fig. 142, 

 " " " Ayres, Eost. Journ. Nat. Hist., iv. p. 276. 



4. Morrhua vulgaris, Lin. 



Body oval, elongated, thickest behind the pectorals; somewhat tapering posteriorly. 

 Back, head, and upper half of-the sides, cinnamon-brown, obscurely spotted with yellow ; 

 lower half of the sides and abdomen white ; lateral line forming a narrow white band ; fins 

 dusky; ventrals pale, approaching to white. Jaws nearly equal. 



D. 12, 20, 19. P. 19. V. 6. A. 19, 1". C. 34, and several short ones. Jenyns. Length. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



D. 10, 20, 18. P. 20. V. 6. A. 20, 16. C. 26. Yarrell. Length, 2 to 4 feet. 



Greenland, Fabricius. Grand Bank, off Newfoundland. 



Called " Saraudlirksoak," or " Ekalluarksoak," by the Greenlanders. 



Gadus morrhua, Lin., Syst. Nat., i. p. 436. 



Codfish, Bloch, ii. p 131, pi. 64. 

 " FABrticius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 146. 

 " " Common Cod, Shaw's Gen. Zobl., iv. p. 131. 



" " Bank Cod, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 367. 



" " Common Cod, Jenyns's Brit. Vert., p. 440. 



Morrhua vulgaris, Cod, Griffith's Cuv., x. p. 483. 



" " Common Cod, Yarrell's Brit. Fishes (2d edit ). II. p. 221. 



" " Bank Cod, Dekay's Report, p. 280. 



Gadus morrhua, Capt. J. C. Ross, Append., p. 4S. 

 " " Common Codfish, Rich, Fauna Boreal. Americ. m. p. 242. 



