TION. 



260 FORKED HAKE COD FISH. Class IV. 



is the fish mentioned by Mr. Armstrong, and 

 Doctor Cleghorn* in their histories of Minorca, 

 under the name of Molio, Mollera, and Molle. 

 It is known on the coast of Cornwall by the 

 name of the great forked beard, j" where it was 

 first discovered by Mr. Jago. We place it in 

 this genus, as it has more the appearance of the 

 cod fish kind, the hake especially, than of the 

 Blenny, into which genus Linnceus has flung it ; 

 we therefore have given this species the name of 

 the Forked Hake. 

 Descrip- The length of one that was taken on the Flint-* 

 shire shores was eleven inches and an half, its 

 greatest depth three inches ; but according to Dr. 

 Borlase, some grow to be above eighteen inches 

 long. The head sloped down to the nose in the 

 same easy manner with others of this genus; the 

 mouth was large ; besides the teeth in the jaws 

 was a triangular congeries of small teeth in the 

 roof of the mouth ; at the end of the lower jaw 

 was* a small beard. The first dorsal fin was 

 triangular; the first ray extended far beyond 

 the rest, and was very slender ; the second fin 

 began just behind the first, and extended almost 



* Armstrong, l6l. Cleghorn, 43. 



f Barlus major Cornubiensis cirris hifurcatis : the great 

 forked beard. Mr. Jago. Rail syn. pise. l63.Jig. 7. 



