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00 CLASSIFICATIOX OF FISHES_, ETC. 



Mehlaxgus WillugJiby. Similar to the last,, but with- 

 out cirri. 



vulgaris "Will. BL 65. 



TiLESiA* Sw. Body slender^ lengthened; lower jaw 

 cirrated ; dorsal fins three^ equal ; caudal fin trun- 

 cate ; lateral line curved in the middle. 



T. gracilis. Til, Piscium. i, tab. 18. 



Lepidiox Sw. Dorsal fins two, the first triangular_, 

 with the anterior ray prolonged into a filament ; anal 

 fins united, the first triangular, the second long 

 and hroad ; ventral fins slender, with six rays, the 

 first very long j mouth large ; lower jaw longest. 

 L. rubescens. Risso, xi. fig. 40. p. 118. 



Cephus Sir. General structure of Gadus ; hut the 

 head is excessively large, depressed, and hroad ; first 

 anal ray ending in a filament. 



C. m^crocephalus. Til. Pise. i. tab. 19. 



2. SuBFAM. MERLUCCIX.E. 



Dorsal fins two, the first sometimes composed of 

 fleshy filaments, and scarcely perceptible ; anal fin one ; 

 ventral fins with five distinct rays. 



Merluccius Raf. First dorsal fin triangular; the 

 second as long as the anal ; caudal fin lunate ; cirri 

 none ; ventral fins ovate. 

 M. borealis. Bl. 164. sinuatus. Sw. App. (Vol. I. p. 319.) 



Lota Cuv. Body elongated, somewhat anguilliform ; 

 first dorsal fin triangular ; ventral fins smaU, pointed ; 

 hinder dorsal and anal as in the last ; lower jaw _ 



cirrated. o 



L. raolva. Bl. 69. 



Motella Cuv. Resembling Lota ; but the first dorsal 

 fin is almost obsolete, being composed of slender 

 connected fieshy filaments extending to the length 



* I feel very doubtful if this is a true type of form. Does not the Heia- 

 gramnios Stelleri of Tilesius belong to this sub-family? 



