borer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 1\1 



5. Morrhua minuta, Lin. 



Body cylindrical, fusiform. Depth one fifth of the length. First dorsal entirely before 

 si anal. Reddish yellow above ; abdomen of a dirty white, or rather a yellowish white. 

 covered with innumerable minute black points. Upper jaw the longer. 

 D. 13, 24, 20. P. 18. V. 6. A. 28, 24. C. (.= ). Jenyns. 

 D. 12, 19, 17. P. 14. V. (i. A. 25, 17. C. 18. Yarrell. 



D. 12, 19, 17. P. 17. V.6. ^.22,17. C. 20. Storer. Length, 6 to 8 inches. 

 Massachusetts, Storer. 



Gadus minutus, Ln?.,Srst. Nat., i. p. 433. 

 " " Poor, Bi i oh, n. p. 1 1-, pi, 6?, : 



" Jenyns's Brit. Vert,, p 

 " Shaw's Gen. Zool., iv. p. 141. 

 la minuta, Pour or Power Cod, Yareeli/s Brit, Fishes (2d edit.), 11. p. 2-11. .m,] plate 

 '" Storek's Report, p. 12". 

 " Power Cod, Dekay's Report, p. 277, pi. 44, fig. 141. 



G. Morrhua callarias, Lin. 



Body elongated, subventricose ; head, back, and sides more or less spotted ; lateral line 

 white, bent; tail square ; upper jaw much the longer; snout prominent, sharp ; under jaw- 

 only half as long as the head, and ending on a line half way between the nose and the eye. 



D. 15, 18, 20. P. 20. V. 6. A. 19, 18. C. 24. Length. 12 to 24 inches. 



Greenland, Fabricius. 



Gadus callarias, I. in,, Syst. Nat., p, 136. 

 Bloch, ii. - 

 " Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 144. 

 " " Dorse, Shaw's Gen. Zool., iv. p. 138. 



Variable Codfish, Pennant's Brit Zool., in. p. 239. 

 Dorse, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, m. p. 244. 

 Morrhua callarias, Griffith's Cuv., x p. 48-1. 



Dorse, or Variable Cod, Yarrell's Erit, Fishes (2d edit.), II. p. 231, tig. 



7. Morrhua Fabricii, Rich. 



The color of the back is a soiled or livid white, the sides are minutely spotted with black. 



and the under parts are pure white. There is a short barbel under the chin. 



D. 13, 15, 23. P. 19. V. 6. A. 17, 20. C. 32. Length, 14 inches. 



Greenland, Fabricius. 



Gadiii :r ..,,, finus, Fabrioihs, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 142. 



Gadus Fabricii, Meesarkornak, Rich., Fauna Boreal Americ, hi. p. 245. 



8. Morrhua ogac, Rich. 



Larger than the Morrhua lusca, the Whiting-pout of the British seas: no black spot at 

 the Imse of the pectorals. 



D. 15, 19, 10. P. 18. V. 6. A. 22. 17. C. 32 Length, IS inches. 

 Greenland, Fabricius. 



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