Class IV. POWER COD FISH. 



249 



Gadus minutus. Lin. syst. (J, Power. 



438. Gm. Lin. 1164. 

 L'Officier. Dnhamel Tr. des 



Pesches. ii. 127. tab. 21. 



fig- 2- 

 Le Capelan ou l'Officier. 

 Block ichih. ii. 148. tab. 67. 



Le Gade Capelan. De la Ce- 

 pede Hist, des Poissons. ii. 

 414. 



Le Merlan? Belon 120. 



Anthiae secunda species. Ron- 

 del, lgi. Gesner pise. 56. 



Asellus mollis minor, seu 

 Asellus omnium minimus. 

 Mollo Vcnetiis. Capelan 

 Massiliee. Wil. Ichth. 171. 



Poor or Power Cormib. Mr. 

 Jago. Bail syn. pise. 163. 



fig- 6- 

 Gadus dorso tripterygio, ore 



cirrato, corpore sescunciali, 



ano in medio corporis. 



Arted. synon. 36. 



JL HIS is the only species of cod fish with three 

 dorsal fins that we (at this time) are assured is 

 found in the Mediterranean sea. It is taken 

 near Marseilles, and sometimes in such quan- 

 tities as to become a nuisance; for no other 

 kinds of fish are caught during their season.* It 

 is esteemed good, but incapable of being salted 

 or dried : Belon says, that when it is dried in 

 the sun, it grows as hard as horn; Cest dela 

 que les Anglo is Vont nomine 1 Bouclzs horn. 



It is the smallest species yet discovered, being Descrip- 

 little more than six inches lono-. On the chin 



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* Bondel. 191. In the Baltic, on the contrary, its presence 

 is hailed with joy by the fisherman, as it is considered the fore- 

 runner of hadock, and the larger species of codfish. Ed. 



