458 



ZOOLOQT. 



is long and narrow, and the viviparous eel-pout (Zoarces), the 

 cottoids or sculpins, and a number of allied forms, wo come 

 to the hake {Merlucms hilinearis frill), the haddock {Melano- 

 grammus mglejinus Gill, Fig. 431), and cod ( Gadus morrhua 



Fio:. 491. — Tlie Haddock, Melanogranimus a^glejimts.- 



■uralini. 



-From the AmeHcan N'at- 



Limi., Fig. 422), all of which extend northwards from Cape 

 Hatteras, the cod abounding on both sides of the Atlantic, 

 being a circumpolar fish. The cod does not, as formerly 

 supposed, migrate along the coast, but seeks the cool tempe- 

 rature to which it is adajited by gradually passing in the 



Fig. 422.— The Cod-fieh, Gadus ^norrhua.— From the AmeHcan Katuralist. 



early summer from shallow to deep water, and returning as 

 the season grows colder. It visits the shallow water of Mas- 

 sachusetts Bay to spawn about the first of November, and 

 towards the last of the month dejiosits its eggs. Al)out 



