POOR, OR POWER COD. 



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SUBBEACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



GADIDjE. 



THE POOR, OR POWER COD. 



Morrhua minuta, Poor, Flem. Brit. An. p. 191, sp. 80. 

 Gadus minutus, LiNNa;us. Block, pt. ii. pi. 67, fig. 1. 



,, ,, Power, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p.'249,' pi. 34. 



,, ,, VVlLLUGHBY, p. 17]. 



Ray, Syn. p. 163, fig. 6. 



The Poor, or Power Cod, though somewhat similar 

 in general appearance to the Pout last described, is yet 

 readily to be distinguished from it by several well-marked 

 characters. It is not so deep when of the same length ; the 

 first anal fin does not begin so far forward as in the Pout by 

 nearly the whole length of the base of the first dorsal fin ; the 

 longest rays of the third dorsal fin and the second anal fin are 

 shorter than the bases of the respective fins, and do not, 

 therefore, produce the same vertically truncated appearance 

 as in the same relative fins of the Pout ; and the barbule at 

 the chin is much shorter. 



The Power, or Poor Cod, the smallest of its genus, so 

 called, it is said, on account of its diminutive size, seldom 



