210 FISHES. 



Merlangus, Cuv. 

 The Merlans, in which there are the same number of fins as the Cod, 

 but no cirri. 



Gadus merlangus, L. ; Bl. 65. (The Whiting). Well known 

 along the sea-coast for its abundance and the lightness of its flesh; 

 it is distinguished by its pale reddish-grey back and silvery belly, 

 and by the superior length of the upper jaw; the whole fish is about 

 a foot long. 



Gad. carbonarius, L. ; Bl. 06; Le Colin, &c. (The Coal-fish). 

 Twice the size of the Whiting, and of a deep brown colour; the 

 upper jaw shorter; lateral line straight; the flesh of the adult is 

 coriaceous, but it is salted and dried like the Cod* (a). 



Gad. pollachius, L. ; Bl. 68. (The Pollach). The jaws and 

 nearly the form of the carbonarius; brown above, silvery beneath; 

 flanks spotted. A better fish than the preceding one, and only in- 

 ferior to the Dorse and Whiting. They all inhabit the Atlantic, 

 and live in large troops -j~. 



Merluccius, Cuv. 

 But two dorsal fins and a single anal; the cirri deficient as in Mer- 

 langus. 



Gad. merluccius, L. ; Bl. 164. (The Hake). From one to two 

 feet in length, and sometimes much longer; the back brown-grey ; 

 anterior dorsal pointed; the lower jaw longest. Great numbers are 

 taken in the Ocean and in the Mediterranean, where the inhabitants 

 of Provence call it the Merlan; salted and dried, it receives in the 

 north the name of Stoclt-fisch, which is also applied to the Cod \ {b). 

 The 



Lota, Cuv., 



To the two dorsals and one anal, adds a greater or less number of cirri. 

 Gad. molva, L. ; Bl. 69 §. (The Ling). From three to four 

 feet in length; olive above, silvery beneath; the two dorsals of an 

 equal height; the lower jaw somewhat shortest, and furnished with 

 a single cirrus. This fish, which is almost as abundant as the Cod, 

 is as easily preserved, and constitutes a fishery of nearly as much 

 importance || (c). 



* The common French name Colin is taken from its northern appellation of Kohl- 

 fisch, or Coal-fish. 



•| Add, the St'y, Gadus virens, Ascan. 2/3. 



X Add, Gad. nuigellanicus, Forst., App., Bl. Schn. p. 10; — Gad. miraldi, Kisso, 

 Ed. I, f. 13. 



§ Lo-nga, Lange, Ling, names of this fish in various northern countries. Molua, 

 a corruption of morrhua, applied to this species by Charleton. 



|| Add, Gad. bacchus, Forst., App., Bl. Schn., p. 53; — Lota elongala, Risso, Ed. II, 

 f. 47. • 



Sgf (a) This is the Podley, Sillock, Cuddy, &c, of Scotland.— Eng. Ed. 



gSgT (b) It is also called, with several other dried and salted fishes in this country, 

 Stock-fish. — Eng. Ed. 



ggp"* (c) It is prepared in this country almost exclusively for exportation, and is 

 extensively consumed in Ireland in Lent. — Eng. Ed. 



