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Geuus II. — Merluccius, Cuvier. 



Epicopus, Giinther. 



Branchiostegals seven : pseudobranchice absent. Body elongated. No barbel at 

 the chin. Two or more rows of strong teeth in the jaws and on the vomer. Two 

 dorsal fins and one anal : ventral with seven rays: caudal distinct. Scales rather 

 small. 



Dr. Giinther (Catal. ii, p. 248) removed the Chilian Merlus Gayi, Guichenot, 

 from the Gadidse to the Acanthopterygian Trachinidce, but subsequently (vol. iv, 

 p. 346) restored it to its original family, considering that the specimen in the 

 British Museum on which his conclusions were based, was most probably the 

 young of the common hake. 



Geographical distribution. — Northern hemispheres on both sides of the 

 Atlantic ; also on the southern portion of the west coast of South America to 

 New Zealand. 



Merluccius vulgaris, Plate LXXXV, fig. 1. 



Ovog, Aristot. viii, c. 15, ix, c. 39 ; Athen. vii, p. 315 ; ^lian, ix, c. 38 ; 

 Oppian, Hal. i, p. 5, and ii, p. 59. Ovoq QaXdmot;, ^Elian, v, c. 20. Marlutius, 

 Belon. De Aquat. p. 122 ; Gesner, pp. 84, 97. Asellus, Ovid, v, p. 131 ; Plin. ix, 

 c. 16, 17 ; Rondel, ix, c. 9, p. 272 ; Salv. p. 73, c. fig. Asellus alter, Aldrov. iii, 

 c. 2, p. 286. Asellus primus, Willugh. p. 174, t, L. M. 2, no. 1; Ray, p. 56; 

 Rutty, Nat. Hist. co. Dublin, i, p. 355. Gadus, sp. Artedi, Syn. p. 36, no. 10, 

 Genera, p. 22, no. 8 ; Gronov. Zooph. no. 315. Lysing, Strom, Sondm. i, p. 295. 

 Hake, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 191 (Ed. 1812) iii, p. 257. Grand 

 merlus, Duhamel, Peches, ii, sec. i, c. 7, p. 141, t. xxiv. Eummel, Holb. Gotheb. 

 nya Handl. v, p. 38, c. fig. ; Schager. Phys. Sallsk. Tids. 1838, p. 302. 



Gadus merluccius, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 439; Gmel. Linn. p. 1169; Bonn. Atl. 

 Ich. p. 49 ; Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 149 ; Fabr. Faun. Groenl. p. 148 ; Bl. Ausl. Fische, 

 ii, p. 94, t. cxliv ; Lacep. ii, p. 446 ; Bl. Schn. p. 10 ; Briinn. Pise. Mass. p. 20 ; 

 Donovan, Brit. Fish, ii, pi. xxviii ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 91 ; Risso, Ich. Nice, 

 p. 122; Mitchell, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. New York, i, p. 371; Schlegel, 

 Dieren Neder. p. 7Q. 



Gadus merlus, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 122. 



Merluccius vulgaris, Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 195 ; Jenyns, Man. 

 p. 447 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fishes (Ed. 1) ii, p. 177, c. fig. (Ed. 2) ii, p. 258 (Ed. 3) i, 

 p. 562 ; Kroyer, Dan. Fiske, ii, p. 140, c. fig. ; Parnell, Wern. Mem. vii, p. 350, 

 and Fish. Firth of Forth, p. 190; Storer, Fishes Mass. p. 132; Nilss. Skan. 

 Fauna, iv, p. 570 ; Templeton, Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837 (2) i, p. 411 ; Lowe, Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. ii, p. 189, and Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 90; Johnston, Berwick. Nat. 

 Field Club, 1838, p. 173; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 184; White, 

 Catal. p. 92 ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 344 ; Steind. Ich. Span. u. Port. 1868, p. 42 ; 

 Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 114; Winther, Ich. Dan. Mar. p. 31; Moreau, Poiss. 

 France, iii, p. 251 ; Giglioli, Pesc. Ital. p. 36. 



Stomodon bilinearis, Mitch. Rep. Fish. New York, p. 7. 



Merluccius esculentus, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii, p. 220 ; Canestr. Fauna Italica, 

 p. 156. 



Merluccius argentatus, Faber, Fische Isl. p. 90 ; Fries and Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. 

 p. 145, t. xxxiii ; Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 346. 



Merluccius sinuatus, Swainson, Fishes, ii, p. 390, f. 73; Lowe, P. Z. S. 1840, 

 p. 38, and Trans. Z. S. iii, p. 13. 



Merluccius lanatus, Gronov. ed Gray, p. 130. 



Epicopus Gayi, Giinther, Catal. ii, p. 248 (not Merlus Gayi, Guichenot). 



Merluccius albidus (Mitchell) De Kay, Fauna of New York Fishes, p. 280, 

 pi. xlvi, f. 148. 



llalce, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 99, pi. cxlviii. 



