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Gad. lota, L. ; Bl. 70. (The Burbot, or River Ling). LengUi, 

 from one to two feet; yellow, marbled with brown; a single cirrus 

 on the chin; the two fins of equal height; the slightly depressed 

 head and almost cylindrical body give this fish a very peculiar aspect. 

 It is the only one of the genus that ascends rivers to any great dis- 

 tance; its flesh and liver, which latter is very voluminous, are 

 highly esteemed *. Amongst the Ling, we may distinguish, 



MOTELLA, CuV., 



In which the anterior dorsal is so low that it is scarcely perceptible. 



Gad. mustela, L. ; Bl. 1G5, under the name of G. tricirrhatus. 

 Fawn-coloured brown, with blackish spots; two cirri on the upper 

 jaw, and a third on the lower onef . 



Brosmius, CutK, 



Have also no distinct first dorsal, but one single long fin that extends 

 close to the tail. 



They are only found in the North. The most common species, 

 G. brcrsme, Gm., Penn., Brit. Zool. pi. 34, (the Torsk), never 

 descends further than the Orkneys. A larger species, G. lub., New 

 Stockh. Mem. XV, pi. 8, it appears, is taken in Iceland ;{;. 

 All these fishes are salted and dried. 



Brotula, Cuv. 



The dorsal and anal united with the caudal, forming one fin, termi- 

 nating in a point. 



But a single species is known, the Enchelyopus barbatus, with six 

 cirri, Bl. Schn. ; Parra, pi. xxxi, f. 2 §. From the Antilles. The 



PhycisII, Jrted. and Schn., 



Only differ from the other Cods in having ventrals with a single ray, and 

 frequently forked. Independently of this, the head is thick, the chin 

 furnished with a cirrus, and the back with two fins; the second of which 

 is long. Some species are found in the seas of Europe. 



P. mediterraneus, Laroche ; P. tinea, Schn. ; Blennius phycis, 



* Add, Gadu/, maculosus, Lesueur, Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. I, p. 83. 



f Add, Gad. cbnhricus, Schn., pi. 9; or G. quinquecirrhatus, Peiin., Brit. Zool. pi. 

 33, improperly called Mustela by Bloch and Gmelin. Compare, also, the Mustela 

 VHiculala a.nA fusca, Risso, Ed. II, p. 215, and the Blennius lupus and labrtts, Rafin., 

 Caratt, pi. iii, f. 2 and 3. 



X The names of Ling and Dorse are also applied to the Torsks (Bromus) in seve- 

 ral Cantons. See Peiui., loc. cit., and Olafsen. Voy. en Isl., tr. fr. pi. 27 and 28. 



§. My four subdivisions. Lota, Motella, Brosmius, and Brotula, are united 

 by Schneider in the genus Enchelyopus. This name, originally formed by Klein 

 for all sorts of elongated fishes, signifies anguilliforvi. Gronovius restricted it to the 

 Blennius viviparus, which is my genus Zoarcus. 



II Phycis, the old name of a Goby. Rondelet applied it to our first species, of which 

 Artedi bad made a genus, united with the Blennies by Linnteus, and re-established 

 by Bloch, Ed. Schn. p. 56. 



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