GREEN COD. 175 



SUBBRACHIAL 



MALACOPTERYGIL GADIDM. 



THE GREEN COD. 



Merlangus virens, Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii, p. 33. 

 „ ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 195, sp. 94. 



Gadus ,, LiNNff;us. 



,, ,, Green Cod, Penn, Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 253. 



The Green Cod was first added to the catalogue of 

 British Fishes by Pennant, on the authority of Sir Robert 

 Cullmn, Bart. ; and if a distinct species, which some have 

 doubted, it is not only abundant, but has an extensive 

 range. 



It is mentioned as an inhabitant of the northern seas by 

 Linnseus and others, and is included in the recently pub- 

 lished works of Professors Nilsson and Reinhardt, who have 

 devoted particular attention to the fishes of Scandinavia. 

 Dr. Neill says it is taken in the Frith of Forth during 

 summer ; and Mr. Couch obtains it on the Cornish coast of 

 eight or ten inches in length. 



This fish is by some considered as the young of the Coal- 

 fish, and by others as the young of the Pollack. It appears, 

 however, to be decidedly distinct from the Pollack, in hav- 



