150 GADID.E. 



mences in a vertical line just behind the origin of the pecto- 

 rals ; the second dorsal commences in a line over the anal 

 aperture, and ends on the same plane as the first anal fin ; 

 the third dorsal fin and the second anal fin begin and finish 

 on the same plane : the tail nearly square ; all the rays of 

 the fins covered with an extension of the skin of the body. 

 The fin-rays in number are 



D. 10. 20. 18 : P. 20 : V. 6 : A. 20. 16 : C. 26. Vertebrae 50. 



The head is large ; the belly tumid and soft ; the body 

 tapering gradually throughout the latter half ; the cavity of 

 the abdomen extended internally behind the anal aperture, 

 the intestine being recurved : the upper part of the head, 

 cheeks, back, and sides, mottled and spotted with greenish 

 ash ; the belly white ; the lateral line white, broadest along 

 the posterior half; all the fins dusky, the first and second 

 dorsal being rather lighter in colour than the rest : a broad 

 band of short teeth on the upper jaw, which is the longest, 

 and on the anterior part of the vomer ; a narrower band on 

 the lower jaw, with one -elongated barbule at the chin : the 

 irides silvery, the pupil blue ; the breadth of the orbit one- 

 sixth of the length of the head, 



The vignette represents a Scheveling fish-cart. 



