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examples, a mature male and female came from 38 fathoms, off Gregory Sound ; 

 a mature female from 41 fathoms, off Valentia ; and a mature male most probably 

 from 30 to 19 fathoms in Donegal Bay, the label, unfortunately, being in this 

 case wanting. Two small examples, from 41 fathoms off Valentia, and 80 

 fathoms off the Skelligs, prove, on re-examination, to belong also to this species.* 

 C. maculatus has been met with also in Norwegian waters, and off the coast of 

 Denmark, while it is common in the Mediterranean. It seems probable that, 

 in northern latitudes, it occasionally passes the 100-fathoms line, but we are 

 acquainted with no record to that effect. 



Fam.— GADIDiE. 



Genus Gadus, Artedi. 



Gadus morrhua, Linnseus. The Cod. (Deep-sea.) 



During the survey this species was only met with in shallow water or at 

 moderate depths, but it is known to descend beyond the 100-fathoms line on the 

 coast of Norway. t Giinther (Chall. xxii., p. 82) remarks that cod-fish retire 

 during the summer months into deeper water ; but, according to our information, 

 it appears that they are abundant all the year round off the Faroe Islands at depths 

 exceeding 100 fathoms. 



Gadus aeglefinus, Linnseus. The Haddock. (Deep-sea.) 



As already recorded by one of us, J haddocks were taken both in the trawl and 

 on the long lines at 154 fathoms, 28 miles off Achill Head, on the 20th April, 1891. 

 So far as we are aware this is the only exact record of the occurrence of the species 

 in deep water, but we believe that it is commonly taken at considerable deptlis off 

 the Faroe Islands. 



Gadus merlangus, Linnseus. The Whiting. (Littoral.) 



Among the whiting taken during the Survey was a fully adult specimen having 

 a distinct, though small, barbel. The presence of this appendage in very young- 

 specimens has been frequently referred to by authors. The condition of the adult 

 under consideration shows that the absence of the barbel cannot be insisted upon 

 as invariable. 



* Ttey were preTiously recorded by one of us as C. lyra, Sci. Proc. Eoy. Dubl. Soc, p. 433. 



t Lillieborg, " Sverig. o. Norg. Fisk," p. 31. 



X Holt, " Sci. Proc. Eoy. Dubl. Soo.," Tii., pp. 219, 272, 273. 



