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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.(l) 



Gad. lota, h.; Bl., 70. (The Burbot.) Length, from one to 

 two feet; yellow, marbled with brown; a single cirrus on the 

 chin; the two fins of equal height; the slightly depressed head 

 and almost cylindrical body give this fish a very peculiar aspect. 

 It is the only one of the genus that ascends rivers to any great 

 distance; its flesh and liver, which latter is very voluminous, are 

 highly esteemed. (2) 



MoTELLA, Cuv. 



The anterior dorsal is so low in this subgenus that it is scarcely 

 perceptible. 



Gad. mustela, L. Bl., 165, under the name of G, tridrrhatus. 

 Fawn-coloured brown, with blackish spots; two cirri on the 

 upper jaw, and a third on the lower one.(3) 



Brosmius, Cuv. 



The dorsal entire, and forming one single long fin that extends 

 close to the tail. 



They are only found in the North. The most common spe- 

 cies, G. brosme, Gm., Penn. Brit. Zool., pi. 34, never descends 

 further than the Orkneys. A larger species, G. lub.. New 

 Stockh. Mem., XV, pi. 8, it appears is taken in Iceland .(4) 



Brotula, Cuv. 



The dorsal and anal united with the caudal forming one fin, ter- 

 minating in a point. 



But a single species is known, the Enchelyopus barbatus, Bl. 

 Schn. ; Parra, pi. xxxi, f. 2.(5) From the Antilles. The 



(1) Add, Gad. hacchus, Forst., App., Bl., Schn., p. 53; — Lota elongata, Risso, 

 Ed. II, f. 47. 



(2) Add Gadus maculosus, Lesueur, Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. , I, p, 83. 



(3) Add, Gad. cimbricus, Schn., pi. 9; or G. quinquecirrhatus, Penn. Brit. Zool. 

 pi. 33, improperly called Mustela by Bloch and Gmelin. Compare, also, the Mus- 

 tela maculata and fusca, Risso, Ed., II, p. 215 and the Blennius lupus and labrus, 

 Rafin., Caratt, pi. iii, f. 2 and 3. 



(4) The names of Ling and Dorse are also applied to the Torsks (Bromus) in 

 several Cantons. See Penn., loc. cit., and Olafsen. Voy. en Isl., tr. fr. pi. 27 

 and 28. 



(5) My four subdivisions. Lota, Motella, Beosmitjs, and Brotula, are united 

 by Schneider in the genus Encheltopus. This name, originally formed by 



