FIVE BEARDED COD FISH. Class IV. 



anal fin reaches almost to the tail ; the tail is 

 rounded at the end. The scales are very small ; 

 the color of the body and head a reddish yel- 

 low, marked above the lateral line with large 

 black spots ; the back fin and tail are darker ; 

 the vent fin of a brighter red, but all are spot- 

 ted. The lateral line bends in the middle, then 

 passes strait to the tail. 



17. Five Gadns dorso dipterygio, sulco gius cirris 5, pinna dorsali 



bearded. magno ad pinnam dorsi pri- priore exoleta. Lin. Syst. 



mam, ore cirrato? Arted. 440. Gm. Lin. H73. Gro- 



SyJion. 37. nov.Zooph. No. 314. 

 Gadus mustela. G. diptery- 



JxLR. JVillughby makes this species with five 

 beards, a variety only of the former ; but hav- 

 ing had an opportunity of examining several 

 specimens, we must dissent from his opinion, as 

 we always observed the number of the beards in 

 the spotted kind not to exceed three, or the 

 number in the brown kind to be less than five. 

 Descrip- The first ray of the dorsal fin is very long. 



TION. J . . J ° 



There is also some difference in the form as 

 well as color, this species being rather thicker 

 in proportion than the former. Excepting these 

 particulars, and the number of beards, there is 

 a general agreement in the parts of both. The 



