FISHES. SUBEACHIATI. 



M. barbatus, Bloch. Whiting-pout. Body very deep, whitish, 

 darker on the back, which is arched and carinuted ; six or seven 

 small openings on each side of the lower jaw. 12 inches long. 

 Inhabits Northern seas. B. Bloch, pi. 166. 



M. minutus, Bloch. Body brownish above, silvery below, with 

 dusky spots on the sides ; lateral line straight ; upper jaw long- 

 est ; vent in the middle of the body. 6 or 7 inches long. Inha- 

 bits Northern seas. B. Bloch, pi. 67, fig. 1. 



Gen. 2. MERL ANGUS, Cuv. Gadus, Lin. 

 With three dorsal and two anal fins ; no cirrus at the lower jaw. 



M. vulgaris, Cuv. The Whiting. Head and back pale brown, 

 silvery beneath, upper jaw longest ; lateral line white, slightly 

 bent ; a black spot at the base of the pectoral fins. 10 to 12 

 inches long. Inhabits Northern seas. B. Block, pi. 65. 



The Whiting is esteemed one of the most delicate fishes of this family, and great 

 quantities are caught in the spring and summer months. 



M. carbonarius, Cuv. The Coal-fish. Head, dorsal fins, tail, and 

 upper part of the body black, shading into silvery below ; un- 

 der jaw longest ; lateral line straight and white. 6 to 30 inches 

 long. Inhabits Northern seas. B. Shaw, iv. pi. 22. 



The Coal-fish is known under various names on different parts of the coast, ac- 

 cording to its age. In Scotland it is named Podley, Sillock, Cuddy, Cooth, Pitlock, 

 Sethe, Sey, and Gray Lord. It varies also much in colour ; but the lateral line is 

 always white. 



M. pollachius, Cuv. The Pollack. Body dusky above ; sides with 

 yellowish streaks ; belly white ; under jaw longest ; lateral line 

 curved upwards towards the middle. 18 inches long. Inhabits 

 Northern seas. B. Bloch, pi. 68. 



M. virens, Cuv. Body greenish or olive above, shading to silvery 

 below ; jaws of equal length ; lateral line straight ; tail forked. 

 Inhabits Northern seas. B. Shaw, iv. 149. 



Gen. 3. MERLUCCIUS, Cuv. 

 Two dorsal fins and one anal fin ; no cirri. 



M. vulgaris, Cuv. The Common Hake. Head long, broad above, 

 and compressed on the sides ; mouth wide ; body pale ash-co- 

 loured above, whitish below ; first dorsal fin small, pointed ; tail 

 nearly even. 1 to 2 feet long. Inhabits Northern seas. B 

 Bloch, pi. 164. 



Great quantities of this species are annually taken and cured in the Mediterra- 

 nean and northern seas. When salted and dried, it is named Stock-Jish ; but this 

 name is employed indifferently for others of the family cured in the same manner. 



Gen. 4. LOTA, Cuv. Gadus, Lin 

 Two dorsal fins, one anal fin, and cirri more or less numerous ; 



second dorsal and anal fins long. 

 L. Molva, Cuv. The Ling. Body elongated, olive- coloured above. 



silvery below ; the two dorsal fins of equal height ; under jaw a 



