ISO THE COMMERCIAL SEA FISHES OF 



Habitat. From Scandinavia along the Atlantic coasts 

 of Great Britain and Europe, but is only a wanderer into 

 the Mediterranean. Occurs in Zetland ; Banffshire, common, 

 but is mostly used for bait ; not uncommon at St. Andrews, 

 and found in Berwickshire ; also reported as not uncommon 

 in Yorkshire ; occurs off Norfolk, the Sussex coast, and 

 becomes very common along the Devonshire coast, and 

 numerous in Cornwall, especially during the autumn and 

 winter. Yarrell alludes to its presence in Carnarvonshire, 

 as well as in Loch Foyle. 



In Ireland, according to Thompson, it is of occasional 

 occurrence on all quarters of the coast ; and examples 

 occur at all seasons of the year in the Belfast market, 

 where he observes the females are termed hen-fish, and 

 crow-fish in Galway Bay. 



It seldom exceeds a foot in length, but Yarrell mentions 

 having seen one 16 inches. 



b. No barbel below chin. 

 4. Whiting (Gadus merlangus). 



Names. Whiting, pronounced fittin, in Scotland. Cuideag, 

 pronounced cuitschach, in the Moray Firth. Whiting-mop, 

 "a young whiting." At Aberdeen, those found in June 

 and July are termed dargs, Power, or poor-cod. 



B. vii., 0.13-16 | 18-23 | 19-21, V. 6, A. .30-35 | 20-24, 

 Vert. 34. 



Length of head 4 to 4^ ; height of body 5^ to 6 in the 

 total length. Eye. Diameters 4 to 44- in the length of the 

 head ; i^ diameters from the end of the snout, and | to 

 i diameter apart. Snout conical, slightly projecting over 

 the upper jaw, which latter is a little longer than the 

 mandible ; the maxilla reaches posteriorly to beneath the 



