GADID^. GADIN^. 



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teeth small or none(?); dorsal fin small^ triangular^ 

 placed close to the caudal^ and immediately above the 

 second anal ; pectoral and ventral fins small ; ventral 

 fins beneath the pectoral ; the first ray continued 

 into a long filament; anal fins two, the first small, 

 and triangular; the second larger, and like the 

 dorsal ; caudal broad and rounded. 

 Dip. pulcher. Gray, Ind. Zool. (Vol. I. p. 308. f. 68.) 



Family 2. GADID^. Cod-fish. 



Body slimy ; scales very small ; fins fleshy ; all the 

 rays soft, and covered with the common skin ; head 

 large, depressed ; body more or less lengthened, com- 

 pressed; ventral fins very small; the first and second 

 ray often lengthened into filaments ; the others small, 

 obsolete, or entirely wanting. 



1. SUBFAM. GADIN^. 



Dorsal fins three ; anal fins two. 



Gadl s Linn. Dorsal fins three, the first triangular ; 

 lower jaw with a barbel or cirrus; caudal fin either 

 truncate or slightly lunate ; ventral fins two, distinct, 

 placed beneath the two hinder dorsals ; ventral fins 

 lanceolate ; gills seven-rayed, {^fig. 93.) 



morrhua. Bl. pi. 64. blennoides {Jig. 93.) Sw. App. 



