TO FISHES. JUGULARES. 10. Gadus. 



which are brov\ 



n the Cummer and black in the winter : scald 



< , -raye. 



7. ('. Lusctis. Back olive, sides yellowish: first ray of 

 the ventral fins long 1 , setaceous : tail bordered with 



black. 



Bib. P.rit. Zool. iii. t . 3-). Donovan Fhh. t. 19. 



Body about A foot long, white beneath, prominent on the back 

 and belly : fcales larger, deciduous : chin with a single beard : ana/- 

 fin dusky edged with white: dorfal-fins 12, no, ic-raycd ; pectoral 

 16; ventra/6; ana/ 13, 18; tail 17-rayecl. 



18. G. punctf/tn*. Pale brown with golden spots, be- 

 neaih while thickly covered with minute dusky 

 specks : upper-jaw longer. 



Speckled Cod, Taken frequently in the \Vcirn at Swanfea. 



Pody 18 inches long, slightly arched on the back, a little promi- 

 nent on the belly, covered above with numerous gold-yellow 

 ronrdish fpots, beneath with dusky fpecks which are stellate under 

 a glafs : head large, gradually sloping : teeth fmall, in feveral rows 

 in the upper-jaw, in the lower a single row : nostrils double : iris 

 reddish, pupil black : chin with a single beard : nape with a deep 

 longitudinal groove: lateral-line nearer the back, curved as far as 

 the middle of the fecond dorfal-fin, growing broader and whiter 

 towards the end : upper-fins and ta?7brown, with obfcure yellowish 

 fpots, and darker towards the ends ; lower-ones tinged with green : 

 ventncar the middle of the body : scales fmall, all of them under a 

 glafs minutely fpeckled with brown : gill-covers of 2 pieces : lower - 

 jcnv with 5 obfcure punctures each side: dorsal-fins 14, 20, i8-rayed; 

 f>>'<-((>rt)/ 18 ; ventral 6, the first ray shorter than the fecond and di- 

 vided a little way down ; anal 19, 16 ; tail even, 36-rayed. 



Differs from G. Morhua in not having the first anal ray fpinous, 

 and in the lower-jaw being considerably longer ; from G. Lufcus in 

 the first ray of the vcntral-iin being shorter than the fecond ; from 

 G. barbatus in wanting the 7 distinct punctures on the lower-jaw, 

 in its fmall fcales, and in the first dorfal-fin not ending in a long 

 fibre ; and from G. Callarias in not being spotted with brown, and 

 in having the lateral-line white. 



19. G. barbutm. White, with brownish back and fins : 

 lower-jaw with 7 punctures each side. 



\Vhiting-potit. Blocht. 166. Br. Zool. iii. p. 183. 



Body about a foot long, much arched and carinate on the back : 

 gill-cover of many pieces : lateral-line broad, white, crooked: first 

 dorsal-fin triangular, ending in a long fibre : pectoral-fins with a 

 dusky fpot at the bottom : vent nearer the head : dorfal-fins 12, 20, 

 20-rayed ; pectoral 18 : ventral 6 ; anal 19, 19 ; fa//4O-rayed. 



20. G. minutus. Silvery, with the back brownish : upper- 

 jaw longer: each side the lower-jaw 9 punctures: vent 

 in the middle of the body. 



Poor. Br. Zool. iii. t. 30. Bloch t, 67. /. i. 



Body about 6 inches long, with dusky fpots on the sides : head ra- 

 ther sharp : iris silvery, pupil black lowef-jaw with a single beard : 

 lateral-line straight, narrow : tail a little forked : belly black within: 

 dorfal-fins 12, 19, 17-rayed ; pectoral 13; ventral 6; anal '27, 17; 

 caudai i8-tayed. 



