POUT COD FISH. 



Class IV. 



4. Pout. Asellus mollis latus. Mr. 

 Lister apud Wil. Tchth. 

 App. 22. 



Whiting Pout, Londinensibus. 

 Rati syn. pise. 55. 



Gadus dorso tripterygio, ore 

 cirrato, longitudine ad latl- 

 tudinem tripla, pinna ani 

 prima ossiculorum triginta. 

 Arted. synon. 37. 



Faun. Groenl. 146. 



Gadus barbatus. G. triptery- 

 gius cirratus maxilla inferi- 

 ore punctis utrinque septem. 



Lin. syst. 437. Gm. Lin. 



1163. 

 Gronov. Zooph. No. 320. 

 Sma-Torsk. Faun. Suec. No. 



311. 

 Le Tacaud. Duhamel Tr. des 



Pesches. ii. 136. tab. 23. 



Le Molle. Block ichth. v. 87- 



tab. 166. 

 Le Gade Tacaud. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poissons. ii. 



413. 



Descrip- J_HIS species never grows to a large size, sel- 



TION. . . ... 



dom exceeding a foot in length. It is distin- 

 guished from all others by its great depth ; one 

 of the size abovementioned being nearly four 

 inches deep in the broadest part. The back is 

 very much arched, and carinated ; the scales 

 larger than those of the common codfish ; the 

 mouth small ; the beard short ; on each side of 

 the lower jaw are seven or eight punctures. The 

 first dorsal fin is triangular, and terminates in a 

 long fibre : the color of the fins and tail black ; 

 at the bottom of the pectoral fins is a black 

 spot ; the lateral line is white, broad, and crook- 

 ed ; the tail is even at the end, and of a dusky 

 color. The color of the body is white, but 



