274 NEW-YORK FAUNA. 
(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 
L. longirostris. (Cuvier, Ricuarpson, F. B. A. Vol. 3, p. 237.) A row of close small acute teeth 
externally; another larger, distant, and conical; and within these another, forming a band of fine 
velvet-like teeth in a single series in front. Scales rhombic, the lower edge arched; vertebral series 
subcordate. D.7; P.15; V.6; A.8; C.13. Two to three feet, Lake Huron. 
ORDER II. JUGULAR. 
Ventrals under the pectorals, and the pelvis is immediately attached to the bones of the 
shoulder. 
FAMILY GADIDA. 
Body elongated, little compressed, covered with soft moderate scales. All their fins soft. 
Jaws and front of the vomer armed with pointed irregular teeth, forming a sort of rasp. 
Eyes placed one.on each side of the head. Ventrals separate, jugular. Almost all with 
two or three fins on the back, and one or two behind the vent. Air-bladder large. 
Oss. This family contains at present about sixty species, and is one of the most important 
to man in the whole class of Fishes. 
-GENUS MORRHUA. Cuvier. 
Dorsal fins three. Ventrals pointed. Two anal fins. Seven branchial rays. A barbel at 
the end of the lower jaw. - 
THE AMERICAN COD. 
Morruva AMERICANA, 
PLATE XLIV. FAG. 140. 
Gadus callarias, Torsh, or Common Cod or Rock Cod of New-York. Mircuixt, Report in part, p. 5. 
The Common Cod of New-York, G.id. Ip. Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. New-York, Vol. 1, p. 367. 
Morrhua americana, The American Cod. Storer, Mass. Report, p. 120. 
Characteristics. Ash-colored, with reddish or yellowish spots. Second dorsal and first anal 
of twenty-two rays. Length one to three feet. 
Description. Body largest and deepest anterior to the dorsal fin. Scales small and adherent. 
The lateral line arises from above the branchial aperture, and gradually descends by a broad 
