430 Fisninc 1x Amertcan WATERS. 
Descriptions under each fish will be found in another part 
of the book, including those of the Suap and other members 
of the Herring and Pilchard family. 
THE GADID FAMILY, OR FISHES WITH THE VENTRAL FINS 
BENEATH THE PECTORALS, CALLED Sub-brachials. 
Scale of Inches. 
Tur Cop Famtty.—1. Three-bearded Rockling, or Sea Loche, Motella tricirrata. 2. 
The Torsk, Brosmius vulgaris. 3. The Haddock, Morrhua ceglefinis. 4. Coalfish, 
Merlangus carbonarius, 5. The Ling, Lota molva. 6. Five-bearded Rockling, Motel- 
la quinquecirrata. 7. The Whiting, Merlangus vulgaris. 8. Great Forked Hake, 
Phycis furcatus. 9 Common Cod, Morrhua vulgaris. 
The cod and haddock are among the most important food- 
fishes in the world. They are caught with the hand-line on 
the edges of soundings, and visit the bays along the Atlantic 
coast to spawn. The Georgia Banks and the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence form pastures for millions of them, where they 
feed on launces (small eels), caplin, and young menhaden. 
The haddock is said to refuse all kinds of bait in stormy 
weather. 
The cod and haddock, as important commercial fishes, are 
treated of in another part of the work. 
