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Habitat. — Coasts of Northern Europe, becoming local and somewhat rare 

 around Great Britain, where it was first discovered by Paruell 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 vulga/ris, Rondel, ix, 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 ; Wilkighby, 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. Ich. p. 50, pi. xxxi, f. Ill (not Risso). 



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

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



HJncJiclyopus Mediterraneus, Bl. Schn. p. 52. 



Gadus jubatus, 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) i'i, 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 Wern. Mem. vii, p. 354; Steind. Ich. Span. u. Port. 1868, p. 44. 



Gadus mustella, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 120. 



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. Merid. iii, p. 531, Poiss. pi. xxvi, 

 f . 1 ; White, Catal. p. 93 ; Sw'ainson, Fishes, ii, p. 301 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. • 

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

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

 France, iii, p. 268. 



Mni, Hit maculata, part, Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 366. 



Three-bearded ruckling, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iii, p. 105, pi. cxlix. 



(Young.) Plate LXXXIX, fig. 3. 



Qadus argenteohis, Mont, in Wern. Mem. ii, p. 449 ; Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 193 ; 

 Jen vns. Man. p. 451. 



Motella wrgenteola, Yarrell, Brit. Fishes (Ed. 1) ii, p. 195, c. fig. (Ed. 2) ii, 

 p. 281 (Ed. 3)'i, p. 589 ; White, Catal. p. 95. 



Hypsiptera argentea (pt.) Giinther, Catal. iv, p. 385. 



Couchia 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. 0-7, A. 48-50, C 21, Ccec. pyl. xii to xx, Vert. 

 15-16/33. 



Length of head 4} to 5, of caudal fin 9, height of body 7 in the total length. 

 Eye — diameters 7 in the length of the head, 2 diameters from the end of the snout, 

 and 1]- to 1-J- 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 

 Bymphysis of the lower jaw. Teeth — eardit'orm in both jaws, with the inner row 

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



