CHARACTERISTICS OF VALUABLE MARINE FISHES 6 1 



seldom taken in less than ten or more than forty fathoms. Ling 

 belong to deep water, ranging from ten to one hundred and fifty- 

 fathoms or more. Pollack haunt the neighbourhood of weed- 

 covered rocks ; coal-fish range from five to seventy fathoms or 

 more. Gurnard extend from five to eighty fathoms, and the 

 John dory from five to forty. 



