430 FISHING IN AMERICAN WATERS. 



Descriptions under each fish will be found in another part 

 of the book, including those of the SHAD and other members 

 of the Herring and Pilchard family. 



THE GADID^E FAMILY, OR FISHES WITH THE VENTRAL FINS 



130 



Scale of Inches. 



THE Con FAMILY.!. Three-bearded Rockliug, or Sea Loche, Motella tricirrata. 2. 

 The Torsk, Brosrnius vulgaris. 3. The Haddock, Morrhua ceylffimis. 4. Coalfish, 

 Merlangus carbonarius. 5. The Ling, Lota, molva. 6. Five-bearded Rockliug, Motel- 

 la quinquecirrata. T. The Whiting, Merlangus vulgaris. 8. Great Forked Hake, 

 Phycis furcatus. Common Cod, Morrhua, vulgaris. 



The cod and haddock are among the most important food- 

 fishes in the world. They are caught with the hand-line on 

 the edges of soundings, and visit the bays along the Atlantic- 

 coast to spawn. The Georgia Banks and the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence form pastures for millions of them, where they 

 feed on launces (small eels), caplin, and young menhaden. 

 The haddock is said to refuse all kinds of bait in stormy 

 weather. 



The cod and haddock, as important commercial fishes, arc- 

 treated of in another part of the work. 



