GABJDJE. 817 



HdbitaK — Coasts of Northern Europe, becoming local and somewhat rare 

 around Great Britain, -where it was first discovered by Parnell in the Firth of 

 Forth. 



It has been recorded as rare in Banff (Edward) : Aberdeen (Sim) : in a rock 

 pool at the west bay of St. Andrew's (Mcintosh) : Firth of Forth (Parnell) : 

 Falmouth (Cocks) : Cornwall small and rare (Cornish). 



The example figured is 11 inches in length, and in the National collection. The 

 longest recorded British specimen measured 14 inches. 



3. Motella tricirrata, Plate LXXXVIII, fig. 1. 



Mustela vulgaris, 'Kand^e\.\:s., c. 15, p. 281 ; Gesner, p. 89; Aldrov. iii, c. 8, 

 p. 290 ; Jonston, i, tit. 1, c. 1, art. 2, t. i, f . 4 ; Willughby, p. 121, t. H 4, f . 4. 

 Galea venetorum, Belon. De Aquat. p. 130 ; Gesner, p. 90. Mustela marina, Ray 

 Syn. p. 164, f. 9; Rutty, co. Dublin, i, p. 352. Sorghe, Willughby, t. H 2, f. 1. 

 Three-bearded cod, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 201, pi. xxxiii (Ed. 1812) 

 iii, p. 267, pi. xxxvi. 



Gadus mustela, Bonn. Atl. loh. p. 50, pi. xsxi, f. Ill (not Risso). 



Qadus tricirratus, Bl. t. clxv ; Gmel. Linn. p. 1174 ; Donovan, Brit. Fish, i, 

 pi. ii ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 92 ; Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 193. 



Enchelyopus Mediterraneus, Bl. Schn. p. 52. 



Gadus juiatus. Pall. Zoogr, iii, p. 202 ; Rathke, Faun. d. Krym, p. 333. 



Motella vulgaris, Cuv. Regne Anim.; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. (Ed. 1) ii, p. 186, 

 c. fig. (Ed. 2) ii, p. 270 (Ed. 3) i, p. 575 ; Templeton, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837 (2) i, 

 p. 411 ; H. Blake-Knox, Zoologist, 1866, p. 507 ; Parnell, Fish. Firth of Forth, 

 p. 194, and Worn. Mem. vii, p. 354 ; Steind. loh. Span. u. Port. 1868, p. 44. 



Gadus mustella, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 12'J. 



Onos mustella, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 215. 



Motella tricirrata, Nilss. Prod. p. 48, and Skand. Faun, iv, p. 586 ; Jenyns^ 

 Manual, p. 449 ; Nordm. in Demid. Voy. Russ. Morid. iii, p. 531, Poiss. pi. xxvi, 

 f . 1 ; White, Catal. p. 93 ; Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 301 ; Thompson, Nat. Hipt. 

 Ireland, iv, p. 186 ; McCoy, Ann. Nat. Hist, vi, p. 404 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, 

 p. 365 ; Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 121 ; Giglioli, Peso. Ital. p. 37 ; Moreau, Poiss. 

 France, iii, p. 268. 



Motella maculata, part, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 366. 



Three-bearded rockling, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 105, jjI. cxlix:. 



(Young.) Plate LXXXIX, fig. 3. 



Gadus argenteolus, Mont, in Wern. Mem. ii, p. 449 ; Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 193 ; 

 Jenyns, Man. p. 451. 



"Motella argenteola, Yarrell, Brit. Fishes (Ed. 1) ii, p. 19."), c. fig. (Ed. 2) ii, 

 p. 281 (Ed. 3) i, p. 589 ; White, Catal. p. 96. 



Hypsiptera argentea (pt.) Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 386. 



Gouchia argentata, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 363. 



Thompson' s midge, Couch, I.e. iii, p. 118, pi. cli, f. 3, 4. 



Silvery gade. Couch, I.e. iv, p. 427, c. fig. 



B. vii, D. /55-57, P. 16-18, V. 6-7, A. 48-50, C. 21, Coec. pyl. xii to xx. Vert. 

 15-16/33. 



Length of head 41 to 5, of caudal fin 9, height of body 7 in the total length. 

 _g;2^e_ diameters 7 in thp length of the head, 2 diameters from the end of the snout, 

 and \\ to 1-^ apart. Head wider than high. Snout obtuse, broad, and rather 

 depressed. Upper jaw the longer: the posterior extremity of the maxilla 

 reaches to beneath or rather behind the hind edge of the eye. Barbels — three, 

 one on either side of the snout anterior to the nostrils, and a third at the 

 symphysis of the lower jaw. Teeth — cardiform in both jaws, with the inner row 

 largest in the lower, and the outer in the upper: in a patch upon the vomer: 



