%^% COMMON COD FISH Class IV. 



the regular undulated appearance of the fides, as^ 

 if they were ribbed. The glutinous parts about 

 the head lofe their delicate flavor after it has been 

 twenty-four hours out of the water, even in winter, 

 in which thefe and other fifh of this genus are in 

 higheft feafon. 

 S^izE, ^\^Q largeil that we ever heard of taken on our 



coafls, weighed feventy-eight pounds, the length 

 was five feet eight inches; and the girth round 

 the Ihoulders five feet. It was taken at Scarborough 

 i^ '^755^ ^"^'^ was fold for one fhilling. But the 

 general v/eight of thefe fifh in the Torkfbire feas, 

 is from fourteen to forty pounds. 

 Descrip. This fpecies is fhort in proportion to its bulk, 

 the belly being very large and prominent. 



The jaws are of an equal length, at the end of 

 the lower is a fmall beard ; the teeth are difpofed 

 in the palate as well as jaws. 



The eyes are large. 



On i\it back are three foft fins ; the firft has 

 fourteen, the two lad nineteen rays a-piece. The 

 ventral fins are very (lender, and-confift but of fix 

 rays; the two firft extending far beyond the 

 other. It has two anal fins ; the firft confifting of 

 twenty, the laft of fixteen rays. 



The tail is almoft even at the end : the firft ray 

 ' on each 'i^d^t is Ihort, and compofed of a ftrong 



bone. 



The color of this fifh is cinereous on the back 

 and fides, and commonly fpotted with yellow : the 



belly 



