Physcis. fishes. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. 193 



Gen. XL. PHYSCIS. Fork-beard. Ventrals consisting of 

 one produced divided ray. 



84. P. furcatus. Common Fork-beard. — Anterior dorsal 

 fin triangular, the first ray slender and produced. 



Asellus Callarias, Will. Ich. 205. — Barbus major, Jago., E-ay, Syn. Pise 



163 Forked Hake, Fenn. Brit. Zool. iii. 193— Blennius Gadoides, 



Risso., Ich. 136 On the south coast of England. 



Length about a foot. Eyes large ; irides white ; lateral line incurvated. 

 The ventrals twice as long as the head. 1st D. 10, 2d D. 62, P. 12, A. 56. Tail 

 rounded. Mr Couch states that a few spines are placed before the anal fin, 



Linn. Trans, xiv. 75 This species was first detected by the Rev. G. Jago, 



on the coast of Cornwall, where it was known by the name of the Great 

 Forked Beard. 



Gen. XLI. GADUS. Gade.— Rays of the first dorsal fin 

 short, partly detached. Head of the ordinary size. 



85. G. Mustela. Five-bearded Gade. — Four beards on the 

 upper, and one on the lower jaw. First ray of the dorsal fin 

 produced. 



Mustela vulgaris, Will. Ich. 121. — Gadus Mustela, Linn. Syst. i. 440. 



Five-bearded Cod, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 202. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. xiv. 



— iS, Sea Loche, Whistle-fish, RockUng — On the English and Scottish 



coasts. 



Length 18 inches. Colour olive above; beUy whitish. Two of the beards 



are on the end of the snout, and two immediately above these. 2d D. 49, P. 



14, V. 6, A. 40, C. 24, rounded. 



86. G. tricirj-atus. Three-bearded Gade. — Two beards on 

 the upper, and one on the lower jaw. All the rays of the first 

 dorsal fin short. 



M. vulg. var. Will. Ich. 121. — Three-bearded cod, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 

 201. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. 11. — Common among rocks near the shore. 

 Length about 18 inches. Colour reddish-yellow, with large black spots. 

 These, however, according to Montagu, are not observed till the fish exceeds 

 6 or 7 inches in length, previous to which the colour is rufous-brown. The 

 lateral line bends in the middle, and then passes straight to the tail. 2d D. 

 54, P. 20, A. 46, C. (rounded) 24 — By some naturalists this is considered as 

 a variety only of the preceding species. 



87. G. argenteolus. Silvery Gade. — Two beards on the up- 

 per, and one on the lower jaw. The first ray of the dorsal fin 

 produced. 



Mont. Wern. Mem. ii. 449. — Thrown ashore on the south coast of Devon 

 in the summer of 1808. 

 Length about 2 inches. Back bluish-green ; belly silvery. Head obtuse ; 

 the upper jaw longest. Rays of the first dorsal fin numerous, short. Pec- 

 torals rounded, of 16 rays. Ventrals 6 rayed, the middle ray produced. Tail 

 nearly even at the end — This species, in the condition in which it occurred 

 to Montagu, in numbers, had not probably attained its full size. 



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