Morrhua punctata and Movihua. vulgaris. 



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Table of Comparison. 

 Speckled Cod (Tm-ton). Deformed Common Cod (Dyce). 



Bodi/ 16 inches long. 



Depth 5 inches ; circumference 

 over first dorsal 12 inches 11 lines. 



Crown of head, back and sides of 

 body thickly spotted brown and 

 golden yellow, on a light brownish 

 mottled ground; below lateral line 

 only partially coloured ; belly white. 



Head large, 5i inches; profile 

 sharp. 



A broad band of small teeth in the 

 upper jaw; a single row in lower 

 jaw; stronger as they approach the 

 angles of the mouth ; (a row of 

 stronger teeth on palatine bones). 



Nostrils double. 



Irides gold bronze-coloiu- ; eyes 

 large. 



One barbule on lower jaw. If 

 inch long. 



Behind the eyes, on the nape, and 

 extending to near the origin of 1st 

 dorsal, a deep sulcus or groove. 



Lateral line high on the back, 

 highly curved over pectoral to mid- 

 dle of second dorsal, of a white sil- 

 very colour, with the exception of a 

 part before the last dorsal, on which 

 it is entirely extinct ; then straight 

 to tail. 



Ventral Jins of a dark blackish 

 colour ; all the others dark brovra. 



Body 18 inches long, 

 • Arched on back, and prominent 

 on belly. 



Covered above with numerous 

 gold-yellow roundish spots ; beneath 

 with dusky specks (which are stel- 

 ^ late under a glass). 



Head large, gradually sloping. 



Teeth small, in several rows in the 

 upper jaw; in the lower, a single 

 row. 



Nostrils double. 



Iris reddish ; pupils black. 



Chin with a single beard. 



Nape with a deep longitudinal 

 groove. 



Lateral line near the back, curved 

 as far as the middle of the second 

 dorsal fin, growing broader and 

 whiter towards the end. 



Upper Jins and tail brown, with 

 obscure yellowish spots, and darker 

 towards the end ; lower ones tinged 

 with green. 



Fin Rays. 

 D,14.20.18. P.18, V,6. A,19.16, C.36. D.14.19,17. P.20. V.6. A.15.18. C.33, 

 (Fleming, Yarrell, Jenyns.) and several shorter, Vertebrje 62, 



of which there is no doubtj you find no two authors agree. Take, 

 for example, the common Cod, as exhibited in the following 

 Table. The three authors named differ in every particular : — 



Table showing the Difference in the rays of the Common Cod, according to 

 different authors. 

 Yarrell : — 



D. 10 . 20 . 18. P. 20. V. C. A. 20 . 16. C. 26. 

 Jenyns : — 



D. 12 . 20 . 19. P. 19. V. 6. A. 19 . 17. C. 34, 

 and several shorter. 

 Fleming : — 



D. 12 . 18 . 16. P. 14. V. 7. A. 20 . 16, C. 36. 



