128 THE COMMERCIAL SEA FISHES OF 



present, Gadus ; and (2) those in which the barbel was 

 absent, Merlangus. 



A. Upper jaw the longer ; its outer row of teeth enlarged 



(Gadus]. 



a. Barbel present. 

 i. Cod (Gadus morrhud}. 



Names. Poullach, Moray Firth, or if half grown, duncan 

 (Gordon) ; kleg and keeling, a large kind of cod ; also 

 chelynge (Halliwell). Dole-fish is that form in which the 

 fishermen of the North Sea had their pay or " dole." Blens, 

 while the young are generally known as codlings. In the 

 Channel, those the size of a whiting are termed codlings 

 and skinners ; when larger, tumbling or tamlin-cod (Yarrell). 

 Haberdine or salted cod in Westmoreland. 



B. vii., D. 13-15 | 16-19 I 17-19 (21), V. 6, A. 17-19 | 

 1 6- 1 8, Vert f|. 



Length of head 3| to 44- ; height of body 4 to 5, or even 

 more in the young, in the total length. Eye. Diameter, 

 4| in the young to 7 in the adult in the length of the head ; 

 \\ diameters in the young to 2 in the adult from the end 

 of the snout, and 14- in the young to 2 in the adult apart. 

 Body much thickest anteriorly. Mouth wide, with a deep 

 cleft. Upper jaw the longer ; the posterior extremity of the 

 maxilla reaches to beneath the first third, or middle of the 

 eye. A barbel, generally as long as the eye, but sometimes 

 shorter, is situated below the chin. Teeth. Cardiform, 

 with an outer and much enlarged row in the upper jaw, in 

 a V-shaped patch on the vomer, absent from the palatines 

 and tongue. Fins. The first dorsal somewhat triangular, 

 it commences over or slightly posterior to the base of the 

 pectoral. There exists a very short interspace between the 



