98 TORSK. 



half the length of the pectoral; anal at the middle of the 

 body, and both pass on and end close to the origin of the 

 caudal fin, which is small and round ; the dorsal and anal a 

 little expanded towards their termination. Neither the scales 

 nor lateral line are to be seen when the fish is fresh from 

 the sea; the scales very small; the line begins high behind 

 the head, and sinks down at half its course. Pectoral fin 

 oval; ventrals rather long. Colour dull yellow, darker on the 

 back; pectorals yellow; dorsal and anal fins dark, with a 

 border of faint yellow; the tail also with a border; ventrals 

 dark. With some doubt the fin rays were counted, — dorsal 

 ninety-seven, anal seventy, pectoral twenty-two, caudal twenty- 

 eight. 



