94 PISCES. 



The Cod-fish is now living in the Northern seas of Europe and 

 America, between latitudes 50 and 67 ; it is especially abundant 

 on the Newfoundland Bank. 



GADUS PSEUD^EGLEFINUS, n. sp. 



(Allied to the Haddock.) 

 PLATE X., FIGS. 6a, b, and 7. 



Messrs. R. and A. Bell (Proc. Geol. Assoc., Vol. II., p. 202, 1872) 

 included the Haddock in their list of fossils from the Coralline 

 Crag of Suffolk ; but there is no doubt that the form alluded to 

 was the otolith now under consideration, several specimens of 

 which are in the Museum of Practical Geology, and elsewhere, from 

 both the true Coralline and Red Crags. These otoliths( Plate X., 

 figs. 6, 65) although very similar are not identical with those 

 of the living G. ceglefinus, being rather more elongated and more 

 pointed at the hinder end, some of them are likewise more strongly 

 crenulated. I propose to name tLis form Gadus pseudceglcfinus. 

 The Museum of Practical Geology possesses a similar otolith, which 

 was obtained from the Norwich Crag of Bramerton by the late 

 Mr. Robert Bell. 



The otoliths of young Haddocks differ from those of larger 

 specimens in being more strongly crenulated and rather more 

 pointed ; many small otoliths from the Coralline Crag (Plate X., 

 fig. 7) differ from those above described in a similar manner, and 

 are therefore regarded as the young of the present species. One 

 such otolith from the Weybourn Crag was figured in the Survey 

 Memoir. (Vert. Forest Bed, Plate xviii., fig. 26.) 



Gadus pseudceglefinus occurs therefore in the Coralline, Red, 

 Norwich, and Weybourn Crags. 



GADUS LUSCUS, LINNJEUS. 



(Wliiting Pout.) 

 PLATE X., FIGS. 8a, b. 



The otoliths of Gadus luscus were doubtfully recorded from 

 the Coralline Crag by Mr. Higgins (Jour. Linn. Soc. Zool., Vol. 

 IX., p. 164, 1867) and Prof. Prestwich (Quart. Journ. Geol. 

 Soc., Vol. XXVII., p. 132, 1871), it is now represented in the 

 Museum of Practical Geology by several specimens from the 

 Coralline Crag of Sutton and from the Red Crag of Boyton. 

 Examples of the otoliths of this species have been detected among 

 specimens from the Pleistocene beds of Selsey, collected by my 

 colleague Mr. Clement Reid. 



