220 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



GENUS IV. MERLANGUS, Cuv. 

 Three dorsal and two anal fins. No barbels to the chin. 



1. Merlangus carbonarius, Lin. 



Body fusiform, cylindrical. All the upper pari of the body and head black; beneath the 

 lateral line, of a bluish white ; abdomen lighter than the sides. Lateral line of a beautiful 

 silvery-white color. The lower jaw the longer. Scales on the top of the head very small. 



D. 13,20, 20. P. 19. V. 0. A. 24, 21. C. 32. Stores. 



D. 13, 19, 19. P. 18. V. 6. A. 24, 19. C. 22|. Dekay. Length, 1 to 3 feet. 



Davis's Straits, Sabine. Massachusetts, Stoker. New York, Dekay. 



Palled " Pollack," and " Black Pollack," in New York and Massachusetts. 



Gadus carbonarius, Lin., Syst.Nat., p, !> 

 " " Coal-fish, Block, ii. p. 146. pi. or,. 



" Pennant's Em. Zobl , in. p. 250. 

 Shaw's Gen. Zool., iv. p. 145, 

 Merlangus carbonarius, Coal-fish, Griffith's Cuv., x. p, ! 



Jenvns's Bnl- Vert., p, 446. 

 " Yarheix's Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), n. p. 250 and i 

 G idus (Merlangu :) c irbonarius, Coal-fish, Rich,, Fauna Boreal. Americ., in. p. 217. 

 Merlangus carbonarius, Coal-fish, Stoker's Report, p. 129. 



Dekav's Report, p. 237, pi. 45, fig. 111. 



2. Merlangus purpureus, Mitchill. 



Body oblong, cylindrical, subcompressed. Upper part of head and body greenish-brown 

 color; sides lighter; abdomen white. Lateral line grayish. Caudal deeply concave. 



D. 14, 19 or 22, 18 or 21. P. 10 or 20. V. 6. A. 22 or 24, 10 or 21. C. 30 or 40. 

 Storer. 



D. 13,21,21. P. 20. V. 6. A. 25, 20. C. 24f. Dekay. Length, 1 to 3 feet. 



Massachusetts, Stoker. Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Mitchill, Dekay. 



G idus purpureus, New York Pollack, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. oi'X. Y.. i. p. 370 

 Merlangus purpureus, Pollack, Storer's Report, p 130. 



New York Pollack, Dekay's Report, p. 2SG, pi. 43, 6g 147. 



3. Merlangus polaris, Sabine. 



Distinguished from the Gadus virens of the European seas by the third dorsal being larger 

 than the two anterior ones ; the lower jaw rather exceeds the upper one ; tail slightly forked. 

 D. 14, 10, 19. P. IS. V. 6. A. 17,22. C 42. Sabine. Length, 10 inches. 

 D. 13, 15, 20. P. 18. V. G. A. 17, 21. C. 42 to 48. Ross. » 

 Baffin's Bay, Sabine. 



Merlangus polaris, Sabine, Parry's First Voya?e. 



Ross, Append. Parry's Third Voyage, p. 110. 

 " Parry's Polar Voyage, p. 199. 

 Gadus (.Merlangus) polaris, Polar Coal-fish, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ , in. p. 247. 



