GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE GADID^. ,553 



the Hamburg aquarium, and is only found on the coasts of Scandinavia. 



Mofella cimhria JSlhs. is common on the coasts of Korthern Europe, iu 

 the Atlantic Ocean, on tbe west coast of Norway, iu the Kattegat, on 

 the south coast of Sweden near Bohusliiu, but it is rare in the German 

 Oiiean, on the coast of Scotland, in the Frith of Forth, and on the 

 coasts of England. 



cl. The following are British varieties : Gadus pollachius L. is found 

 in large schools on the coasts of Europe, especially iu the German Ocean, 

 near the British coasts, near the Orkney Islands, and on every rottky 

 coast as far as the Baltic, where it hides deep between the rocks ; also 

 on the coast of Portugal, from Lisbon to the Western Mediterranean. 

 Raniccps trifurc.atus is found on the coasts of Northeru Europe, especially 

 in Berwick Bay, on the east and west coasts of Scotland, in the Frith 

 of Forth, near Ireland, especially the Bay of Donaghadee. It is rare 

 on the coast of Cornwall and on the coast of Norway, as likewise on 

 the Swedish coast near Bohusliin. The genera Couchia Thomps. and 

 Hypsipfera Gth. are rare and very small sea-fish, which live iu the opeu 

 North Atlantic Ocean, and only visit the coasts occasionally. C. 

 Edicardii was only discovered iu the Moray Frith in 1866. C. gJaiica is 

 found in the British and Scandinavian Seas near Polperro, Falmouth, 

 and iu different portions of the Channel. C. argentata is common from 

 the west coast of England to the coasts of Greenland. Hypsiptera 

 argentea G. is found in the open sea of the North Atlantic Ocean.* 



e. The following are Mediterranean and Madeira varieties : Gadus 

 poutassou Biss. is found on the coasts of Europe, in the Mediterranean, 

 and nearGreat Britain. Merlucius communis C, the common sea-pike, 

 also called small codfish, is found not only in the North, but still more 

 frequently in the Mediterranean. It is common from the southwest 

 coasts of Europe to the German Ocean, especially near Scotland, in the 

 Frith of Forth, England, and Ireland. The Bay of Galway is also called 

 " Bay of Hakes," on account of the great number of these fish. In the 

 Mediterranean it is very common [M. esciilentus Riss.) ; also on the 

 coast of Portugal near Lisbon, as far as Madeira ; likewise on the east 

 coast of North America. It is rare near Greenland, and is only found 

 near the south coast ; it is likewise rare near Iceland, where it is only 

 found on the south and southwest coast. It is not found near the Faroe 

 Islands and Finmarken, nor in the Baltic. 



Fishing. — On the Nymph Bank they are so numerous that six men 

 have caught 1,000 with lines in one night; great numbers are also 

 caught iu the Bay of Galway. It is frequently caught in the south of 

 Norway and on the west coast of Jutland. 



Motella quinquecirrata is not very common in northern latitudes. It 

 is found on the coast of Portugal near Lisbon, near Ireland, near Port- 

 land, Brighton, on the coasts of Kent and Devonshire, iu the Frith of 

 Forth near the Orkney Islands, in the mouths of the Elbe and Eider, 



"The U. S. Fish Cooimis-sion has this species (rom off Cape May, New Jersey. — B. 



