of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 139 
IIT. Latrersat LiInr— 
a. curved, dark, : . pollachius ; minutus ; luscus ; esmarkit. 
b. = posterior part white, . : : : callarias. 
c. straight, white, . - : : ‘ ; . wrens. 
IV. Tar Fry (Hind Edge)— 
-a. straight or slightly convex, : é 3 callarias (large). 
b. very slightly concave, . : : callarias (small) ; luscus. 
c. slightly concave, . : : 5 . : . minutus. 
d. distinctly forked, : : , . pollachius; esmarkit. 
e. deeply cleft, : ; ; P : : . virens. 
V. Snour ithe part from aD of uBne? alt to anterior edge of the orbit)— 
a. sharp, : . virens ; pollachius ; esmarkit. 
b. blunt, J : callarias ; luscus ; minutus. 
V{. Eye (horizontal diameter of the or ea 
a. as large as, or larger than, the snout, . luscus ; minutus ; esmarkii 
b. not so large as the length of the snout, . callarias ; virens ; pollachius. 
VII. BarseLt— 
a. absent, : : é : ; ; : pollachius. 
b. very minute, : .  virens. 
c. small, sae about half the diameter of the eye, - esmarkit. 
d. big, stout, - ° : . callarias ; luscus ; minutus. 
VIII. Anau Frxs— 
a. united, A : ; : : : 2 . luscus. 
b. separate, . . callarias ; virens ; pollachius ; minutus ; esmarkii. 
IX. VENTRAL Fin* (length of)— 
a. less than two-thirds of the length of the Pectoral Fin, virens; pollachius. 
b. about five-sixths of the length of Pectoral, é callarias. 
c. almost as long as the Pectoral, . .— luscus ; minutus ; ; esmarki, 
X. SEconD AND THIRD DorsaL Fins— 
a. united, : : : . ; . sometimes in luscus. 
b. separate, . callarias; virens ; pollachius ; luscus ; minutus; esmarkii. 
XI. Gietn at Pectoral Region— 
a. greater than the girth at Anus, . : 2 : callarias. 
b. less than the girth at the Anus, . virens ; pollachius ; luscus ; minutus ; 
esmarkii. 
XII. ScaLtes—very deciduous, : é : f luscus ; minutus. 
XII. Lencta— 
a. not exceeding 10 inches (25cm.),. callarias; virens ; pollachius ; luscus ; 
minutus ; esmarkii. 
b. not exceeding 17 inches (42 cm.),. . callarias ; virens ; pollachius ; 
luscus ; minutus. 
c. exceeding 17 inches (42 cm.), ‘ . callarias ; virens ; pollachius. 
LITERATURE. 
CunniIncHAM.—‘‘ Marketable Marine Fishes.” London, 1896. [Short descrip- 
tions of G. duscus and G. minutus. ] 
Day.—-‘‘ The Fishes of Great Britain and Ireland.” London, 1880-1884. 
Fuiton.—‘‘ The Spawning and Spawning Places of Marine Food-Fishes.” LHighth 
Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, for the year 1889. 
[Spawning of G. luscus.] 
—— ‘‘On the Comparative Fecundity of Sea-Fishes.” Ninth Annual Report ay 
the Fishery Board for Scotland, for the year 1890, p. 243. [Eggs of G. 
luscus. } 
——— ‘‘Ichthyological Notes—Gadus esmarkii.” Nineteenth Annual Report of 
the Fishery Board for Scotland, for the year 1902, Pt. III., p. 282. [Distri- 
bution of G. esmarkii. | 
* The slender tip of the ventral fin may be broken sometimes. 
