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HADDOCK. 



Gadus jEglefmus. <3. albicans, cuuda bitoba, maxilla superiore 



longiore, macula n'tgra pone pumas pectorafcs. 

 Whitish Gadus, with bilobate tail, upper jaw longer than the 



lower, and a black spot beyond the pectoral fins. 

 Gadus JEglefimis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 435. 

 Gadus jflEglefinus. G. cirro unico, linca laterali mgra. Block. 



pi. fa. 

 Hadock. Willughl). Pennant, &c. 



THE Haddock is distinguished from the rest of 

 this genus by having a forked tail, and the lower 

 jaw longer than the upper : the colour of the body 

 is silvery or white, with a dusky cast on the back : 

 the lateral line is black, and on each side, at some 

 distance beyond the head, and above the pectoral 

 fins, is a moderately large, squarish black spot : the 

 tip of the lower jaw is furnished with a cirrus: the 

 eyes are large > the scales small, round, and pretty 

 closely attached to the skin. 



This species is a native of the Northern seas, 

 Avhere, like the cod, it assembles in prodigious 

 shoals, visiting particular coasts at stated seasons ; 

 the shoals are sometimes near six miles in length, 

 and more than a mile in breadth. " The grand 

 shoal of Haddocks," says Mr. Pennant, cc comes 

 periodically on the Yorkshire coasts. It is remark- 

 able that they appeared in 1766 on the 10th of 

 December, and exactly on the same day in 1767. 

 These shoals extended from the shore near three 

 miles in breadth, and in length from Flamborougb 

 Head to Tinmouth Castle, and perhaps much 



