GADUS. COD. 



Generic Character. 



Caput laeve- 



Membr. branch, radiis sep- 



tem teretibus. 

 Corpus oblongum, squamis 



deciduis. 

 Pinna omnes cute communi 



vestitae. 

 Dorsales anique plures, radiis 



muticis. 



Perforates in acumen at- 

 tenuatse. 



Head smooth. 

 Gill-membrane seven-rayed. 



Body oblong, covered with 

 deciduous scales. 



Fins all covered by the com- 

 mon skin. 



Dorsal and anal generally 

 more than one ; the ra}^s 

 unarmed. 



Ventral fins slender, ending 

 in a point. 



COMMON COD. 



Gadus Morhua. G. cinereus subflavo maculatus, squamis majori* 

 bus, cauda sub&quali, radio primo anali spinoso. 



Ash- coloured Cod, with yellowish spots, largish scales, and 

 first ray of the vent fin spiny. 



Gadus Morhua. O. tripterygius cirratus, cauda subccquali ; 

 radio primo anali spinoso. Lin. Syst. Nat p. 436. 



Morhua. Btlon. Gesn. Aldr. fyc. 



Common Cod-Fish. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 152. 



A H I S highly important and prolific species, 

 which furnishes employment for so many thousands., 



