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POUT COD FISH. 



Class IV. 



4. Pout. 



Asellus mollis latus. ' Mr. 

 Lister qpud Wil. Ichth. 

 App. 22. 



Whiting Pout, Londinensibus. 

 Rail syn. pise. 55. 



Gadus dorso tripterygio, ore 

 cirrato, longitudine ad lati- 

 tudinem tripla, pinna ani 

 prima ossiculorum triginta. 

 Arted. synon. 37. 



Faun. Groenl. 146. 



Gadus barbatus. G. triptery- 

 gius cirratus maxilla inferi- 

 ore punctis utrinque septem. 



Lin. syst. 437- Gm. Lin. 



1163. 

 Gronov. Zoopk. No. 320. 

 Sma-Torsk. Faun. Suec. No. 



311. 

 Le Tacaud. Duhamel Tr. des 



PescJtes. ii. 136. tab. 23. 



Le Molle. Block ichth. v. 87- 



tab. 166. 

 Le Gade Tacaud. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poissons. ii. 



413. 



Descrip- XHIS species never grows to a large size, sel* 



TION. . . ... 



dom exceeding a foot in length. It is distin- 

 guished from all others by its great depth ; one 

 of the size abovementioned being nearly four 

 inches deep in the broadest part. The back is 

 very much arched, and carinated ; the scales 

 larger than those of the common codfish ; the 

 mouth small ; the beard short ; on each side of 

 the lower jaw are seven or eight punctures. The 

 first dorsal fin is triangular, and terminates in a 

 long fibre : the color of the fins and tail black ; 

 at the bottom of the pectoral fins is a black 

 spot ; the lateral line is white, broad, and crook- 

 ed ; the tail is even at the end, and of a dusky 

 color. The color of the body is white, but 



