Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America, 467 
JUGULARES. 
Ventrals attached under the pectorals, and the pelvis immediately sus- 
pended to the bones of the shoulder. 
FAMILY XXIII. GADID. 
Body elongated, but little compressed, covered with soft scales not very 
voluminous ; their head well proportioned and without scales ; all their fins 
soft; their jaws and the front of the vomer are armed with pointed, irregular 
teeth, middling, or small sized, in several rows, forming a sort of currycomb 
or rasp ; their gills are large, with seven rays. Ventrals separate, jugular. 
Almost all have two or three fins on the back, one or two behind the anus, 
and a distinct caudal. Their stomach is in the form of a large and strong sac ; 
their coeca are very numerous, and their caudal tolerably long. They have a 
large air-bladder, with strong parietes, and frequently dentated in the sides. 
GENUS I. MORRHUA, Cov. 
Three dorsal fins ; two anal ; ventrals pointed ; a barbel at the end of the 
lower jaw. 
1. Morrhua Americana, STORER. 
Body largest and deepest anterior to the dorsal fin. Color very variable ; generally, back 
ash-colored ; sides lighter ; both back and sides covered with yellowish spots, larger and 
more distinct upon the sides. Beneath dusky white. Lateral line lighter-colored than the 
body throughout its whole extent. The second dorsal and first anal with twenty-two rays. 
D. 15, 22,19. P.19. V.6. A. 22,19. C40. Length, 1 to 3 feet. 
Maine, Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Linstey. New York, Mircuini, Dr- 
KAY. 
Gadus callarias, Common Cod of New York, Mrrenitr, Trans, Lit. and Phil. Soc, of N. Y., 1. p. 367. 
Morrhua Americana, American Cod, Srorer’s Report, p. 120, 
ne os as « Dexay’s Report, p. 274, pl. 44, fig. 140. 
2. Morrhua eglefinus, Lin. 
Body robust, large in front, tapering behind. Above the lateral line, of a dark gray color ; 
beneath this line, a beautiful silvery-gray, with a large, dusky, more or less circular patch 
on each side, on a line with the middle of the pectorals, its upper portion generally extending 
above the lateral line, its larger portion usually beneath it. Lateral line of a jet black color. 
First dorsal elevated ; caudal emarginated. 
