446 PISCES (OSSEI) MALACOPT. [MERLANGUS. 



129. M. Pollachius, Flem. (Pollack.) Lower jaw 

 considerably the longest : lateral line curved, and dark 

 coloured : caudal slightly forked. 



M. Pollachius, Flem. Brit. An. p. 195. Gadus Pollachius, Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. torn. i. p. 439. Block, Ichth. pi. 68. Don. Brit. Fish. 

 vol. i. pi. 7. Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 91. Asellus Huitingo-Polla- 

 chius, Will. Hist. Pise. p. 167. Pollack, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. in. 

 p. 188. Id. (Edit. 1812.) vol. in. p. 254. Lieu, ou Merlan jaune, 

 Cuv. Reg. An. torn. n. p. 333. 



LENGTH. From two feet to two feet nine inches. 



DESCRIPT. (Form.) Not so much elongated as the Whiting: depth 

 greater, equalling (beneath the first dorsal) one-fourth of the whole 

 length, excluding caudal: ventral line more convex than the dorsal: 

 head long, contained three times and a half in the entire length : snout 

 a little depressed : lower jaw considerably the longest : teeth smaller and 

 finer than those of the Whiting: lateral line with a strongly marked 

 flexure beneath the termination of the first dorsal ; its course, before the 

 bend, running at one-fourth of the depth, after it, at nearly one-half: 

 first dorsal resembling that of the Whiting : second twice the length of 

 the first : third rather more than half the length of the second : vent in a 

 line with the third ray of the first dorsal : anals much as in the Whiting : 

 caudal slightly forked : length of the pectorals about half that of the 

 head: ventrals much smaller than in the Whiting; only one-third the 

 length of the pectorals ; second ray longest : number of fin-rays, 



D. 142119 ; A. 2821 ; C. 31, and several short ones ; P. 19 ; V. 6. 



(Colours.) Upper part of the head, back, and a portion of the sides, gray- 

 ish or dusky brown, sometimes inclining to green ; the rest of the sides, 

 and lower part of the body, whitish; these two colours separated by a 

 well-defined line, coinciding with the lateral line along the first half of its 

 course, but leaving it at the flexure : lips and fins dusky, with a tinge of 

 dull red. 



Not uncommon off Weymouth and Scarborough, arid other rocky parts 

 of the British coast. The specimen described above was caught at Hast- 

 ings, and measured thirty-three inches in length, being above the usual 

 size of this species. Is sometimes called a Whiting Pollack. 



130. M. Carbonarius, Flem. (Coal-Fish.) Lower 

 jaw longest : lateral line straight, and white : caudal deeply 

 forked. 



M. Carbonarius, Flem. Brit. An. p. 195. Gadus Carbonarius, 

 Linn. Syst. Nat. torn. i. p. 438. Bloch, Ichth. pi. 66. Don. Brit. 

 Fish. vol. i. pi. 13. Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 91. Asellus niger, 

 Will. Hist. Pise. p. 168. tab. L. m. 1. n. 3. Coal-Fish, Penn. 

 Brit. Zool. vol. in. p. 186. pi. 31. no. 78. Id. (Edit. 1812.) vol. in. 

 p. 250. pi. 35. Merlan noir, Cuv. Reg. An. torn. n. p. 332. 



LENGTH. Two to three feet. 



DESCRIPT. (Form.) Resembling the last species, but more elongated; 

 greatest depth about one-fifth of the entire length : head a little shorter : 

 profile rather more convex : lower jaw not projecting so far beyond the 



