Class IV. WHITING POUT, 



dufky or brown ; the belly and lower part of the 

 fides filvery. 



hides filvery : pupil large and black. 



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Afelles mollis latus. Mr* 

 Lijier apud Wil. Icth. Jpp, 



22. 



Whiting Pout, Londinenjihus, 

 Rail Jyn.pifc.^^^, 



Gadub' dorro tripterygio, ore 

 cirrato, longitudine ad la- 

 titudineni tripla, pinna ani 



prima ofliculorum triginta. 75* ?o^^' 



Arted. fynon. 37. 

 Gadus barbatus. G. triptery- 



gius cirratus maxilla inferi- 



ore pundis utrinque it^-^ 



ttm. Lin. Jyji. 4cT)']. Grono'G^ .: 



Zooph. No. 320. 

 Sma-Torfk, Faun. Susc, Nqo 



311. 



THIS fpecies never grows to a large fize, fel- 

 dom exceeding a foot in length. 



It is diftinguifhed from all others by its great 

 depth J one of the fize abovementiorled being near 

 four inches deep in the broade'ft part. 



The back is very much arched, and carinated. 

 The fcales larger than thofe of the cod fifh. The 

 mouth fmall 5 the beard fhorto On each fide of 

 the lower jaw are feven or eight pundlures. 



The firll dorfal fin is triangular, and terminates 

 in a long fibre : the color of the fins and tail black : 

 at the bottom of the peroral fins is a black fpot. 



The lateral line is white, broad, and crooked. 



The tail is even at the ^nd^ and of a dufky 

 color. 



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