i68 ZOOLOGY. 



1. Callionymus. Dragonet. JSodj^ naked : upper lip dou- 



bled ; et/es situated near each other ; breathing-aper- 

 tures on the hind part of the head; gill-membrane six 

 rayed ; ventral Jins remote. 



2. Uranoscopus. Stau-Gazeu. Head large, rough, de- 



pressed, lower jaw longer than the upper; gill-mem- 

 brane with five rays; vent situated in the middle of the 

 body. 



3. Trachinus. Weever. Head compressed ; loTsser jaw 



sloping downwards ; gill-covers acculeated, gill-mem- 

 brane six rayed ; dorsal fins two ; vent situate near the 

 breast. 



4. Gadus. CoD-FisH. Body oblong; scales deciduous; 



head smooth ; gill-membrane seven or eight rayed ; 

 7ai/s very slender ; Jins all covered with the common 

 skin; ventral Jins slender, ending in a point; teeth in 

 the jawSj and a series of closely set small teeth, in the 

 palate. 



This genus stands pre-eminent in point of service to 

 Mankind, it is among the most prolific, as in the roe of the 

 common Cod-Fish, Lewenock is said to have counted up- 

 ■wards of Four Millions Three Hundred and Eighty-four 

 Thousand Eggs ; they are principally confined to salt-water. 



5. Balrachoides. Tabpole-Fish. Head depressed, very 



large; body much compressed; mouth wide; beard 

 or tentacultt) one or more on the lower jaM^. 



