Class IV. 



POOR. 



ceous: the firft anal fin has twenty-feven ; the 

 laft twenty-one rays. 



The back is of a light olive : the fides finely 

 tinized* with eold : the beilr white : the anal fins 

 dufky, edged with pure white ^ the tail with black. 



Ids 



Color, 



Le Merlan ? Belon, 1 20. 

 Anthise fecunda fpecies. Rbn- 



del, 191. Gefner pifc, 56. 

 Afellas mollis minor, feu 



afellus omnium minimus. 



MoLLo Fenetiis. Cape LAN 



Majfilia. Wil. Icth. 171. 

 Poor or Power Cornub. 



Mr. Jago. Rail fyn, pifc, 77- PoO'^' 



163./^. 6. 

 Gad us dorfo tripterygio, ore 



cirrato, corpore fefcunciali, 



ano in medio corporis. 



Arted. fynon. 36. 

 Gadusminutus. Z/«.^^. 438. 



THIS is the only fpecies of cod fifh with three 

 dorfal fins that we (at this time) are afifured 

 is found in the Mediterranean fea. It is taken near 

 MarfeilleSy and fometimes in fuch quantities as to 

 become a nufance \ for no other kinds of fifh are 

 taken during their feafon *. It is efteemed good, 

 but incapable of being falted or dried : Belon fays, 

 that when it is dried in the fun, it grows as hard 

 as horn-, Cefi dela que les Anglois Vont nomme 

 Bouclzs horn. 



It is the fmallefl fpecies yet difcovered, being 

 little more than fix inches long. 



On the chin is a fmall beard : the eyes are co- 



* RondeL 191. 



vered 



Descrif, 



