31J. ANACANTHINI. 



absolute conclusions, it seems very possible tliat M. tricirrata is tte male of 

 jlf. maeulata (part) Giinther, and further evidence is desirable before admitting 

 tlie latter to rank as a species. 



Geographical distribution. — Seas of northern and temperate Europe, also 

 Greenland, extending along the Atlantic to Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope. 

 It has also been obtained from New Zealand, Japan, and likewise from the Island 

 of St. Paul. 



There would appear to be four species of Motella found along the British 

 coasts : I. Motdla mustela, with five barbels, D. 47-55, A. 40-46. 2. Motella 

 rimbria, with four barbels, D. 60, A. 44. 3. ULi/eJla tricirndu, witli three 

 barbels, D. 55-57, A. 48-50. 4. Mutella macroplitJialma, with three barbels, 

 D. 55, A, 55. 



1. Motella mustela, Plate LXXXVIII, fig. 2. 



Mustela vulgaris, Willughby, p. 121 ; Ray, p. QT. Oadus, sp. Artedi, Synon. 

 p. 37, no. 11, Genera, p. 22, no. 2; Gronov. Zooph. no. 314. Five-bearded cod, 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 202, pi. xxxiii (Ed. 1812) iii, p. 2C8, pi. xxxvi. 

 Tlie wliistle-fsh, Low, Fauna Oread, p. 199. 



Gadus mustela, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 440 ; Gmel. Linn. p. 1173 ; Donovan, 

 Brit. Pish, i, pi. xiv ; Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 156 ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 92 ; F)em. 

 Brit. Anim. p. 193 ; Holb. Bohusl. Fisk. ii, p. 52, c. fig. ; Faber, Fisehe Isl. p. 81 ; 

 Schlegel, Dieren Neder. p. 85, pi. viii, f. 5. 



Oadus fuscus, Bonn. Atl. Ich. p. 50. 



Uvchelyojnis mustela, Bl. Schn. p. 52 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 101. 



Motella quiv que-cirrata, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Tarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) ii, 

 p. 190, c. fig. (Ed. 2) ii, p. 278 (Ed. 3) i, p. 583 ; Parnell, Wern. Mem. vii, p. 355, 

 and Fish Firth of Forth, p. 195 ; Templtton, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837 (2) i, p. 411; 

 Mcintosh, Fish. N. Uist, Pro. Roy. Soc. Edin. v. 1862-66, p. 614. 



Motella mustela, Nilss. Prod. p. 49, and Skand. Fauna, iv, p. 589 ; Jenyns, 

 Manual, p. 450 ; Johnston, Berwick. Nat. Club, 1838, i, p. 173 ; White, Catal. 

 p. 94 ; Kroyer, Dan. Fiske, ii, p. 185, e. fig. ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, 

 p. 186; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 364 ; Winthcr, Ich. Dan. Mar. p. 33; Steind. 

 Ich. Span. u. Port. 1868, p. 44; Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 117; Moreau, Poiss. 

 France, iii, p. 273. 



Molvella borealis, Kaup. Wiegm. Arch. 1858, p. 90. 



Five-bearded rucL-llug, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 108, pi. cl, f. 1. 



(Young.) 



Ciliata glattca, Couch, Mag. Nat. Hist, v, pp. 15, 741, f. 2, and Zool. Journ. i, 

 p. l;)2 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 192. 



Motella gluuca, Jenyns, Man. p. 451 ; Tarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) ii, p. 193 

 (Ed. 2) ii, p. 281 (Ed. 3"") i, p. 580 ; Thompson, An. Nat. Hist. 1846, xviii, p. 315 ; 

 Collett, 1. c. p. 121. 



Motella urgenteola, Diiben, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1844, pp. 92, 97; Nilss. Skan. 

 Faun. Fisk. p. '590. 



(Jducliia minor, Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 18J-i. 



Concilia glanca, Thompson, 1. c. p. 192 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 303 ; Mcintosh, 

 Fish. N. Uist, Pro. R. S. Edin. v, 1802-66, p. 614. 



Macl-e.rel-midgc, Couch, 1. c. iii, p. 113, pi. cli, fig. 1, 2. 



B. vii, D. 47-55, P. 15, V. 7-8, A. 40-46, C. 20-21, Ccec. pyl. viii-ix. 



Length of head 5^ to 6-j, of caudal fin 8, height of body 6 to 7 in the total 

 length. Eye — about 1/6 of the length of the head and situated in its anterior 

 2/5, 1^ diameters from the end of the snout, and 2 apart. The gieatest width of 

 the head equals its length excluding the snout : upper surface nearly flat. The 



