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absolute conclusions, it seems very possible that M. tricirrata is the male of 

 M. maculata (part) Gunther, and further evidence is desirable before admitting 

 the 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 : 1. Motella mustela, with five barbels, D. 47-55, A. 40-46. 2. Motella 

 cimbria, with four barbels, D. 50, A. 44. 3. Motella tricirrata, with three 

 bai*bels, D. 55-57, A. 48-50. 4. Motella macrophthalma, with three barbels, 

 D. 55, A. 55. 



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



Mustela vulgaris, Willughby, p. 121 ; Ray, p. 67. Gadus, 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. 268, pi. xxxvi. 

 The whistle-fish, Low, Fauna Oread, p. 199. 



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

 Brit. Fish, i, pi. xiv ; Shaw, Zool. iv, p. 156 ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 92 ; Flem. 

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

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



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



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



Motella quinque-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 ; Templeton, 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, c. fig. ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, 

 p. 186; Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 364 ; Winther, 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 rock-ling, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 108, pi. cl, f. 1. 



(Young.) 



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

 p. 132 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 192. 



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

 (Ed. 2) ii, p. 281 (Ed. 3) i, p. 586 ; Thompson, An. Nat. Hist. 1846, xviii, p. 315 ; 

 Collett, I.e. p. 121. 



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

 Faun. Fisk. p.' 590. 



Couchia minor, Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 188. 



Gouchia glauca, Thompson, 1. c. p. 192 ; Gunther, Catal. iv, p. 363 ; Mcintosh, 

 Fish. N. Uist, Pro. R. S. Edin. v, 1862-66, p. 614. 



Maclter el-midge, 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 b~ to 6-^, of caudal fin 8, height of body 6 to 7 in the total 

 length. Fye — 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 greatest width of 

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



