94 FORKED HAKE. Class IV. 



in their hiftories of Minorca^ under the name of 

 Molie^ Mollera^ and Molle. It is known on the 

 coafl of Cornwall by the name of the great forked 

 beard % where it was firfl difcovered by Mr. Jago, 

 We place it in this genus, as it has more the ap- 

 pearance of the cod filli kind, the hake efpecialiy, 

 than of the Blenny^ into which genus Linnaeus has 

 flung it \ we therefore have given ihis fpecies the 

 name of the Forked Hake. 



The length of one that was taken on the Flint- 

 /hire fhores was eleven inches and an half, its 

 greateft depth three inches ; but according to 

 Dodlor Borlafe^ fome grow to be above eighteen 

 inches Ions:. 



The head Hoped down to the nofe in the fame 

 eafy manner with others of this genus : the mouth 

 large : befides the teeth in the jaws was a triangular 

 congeries of fmall teeth in the roof of the mouth. 



At the end of the lower jaw was a fmall beard. 

 The firft ciorfal fin was triangular: the iirft rav 

 extended far beyond the reft, and was very flen- 

 der : the fecond nn began juft behind the firft, and 

 extended almoft to the tail : the ventral fins were 

 three inches long, and confided of only two rays, 

 joined at the bottom, and feparated or bifurcated 

 towards the end : the vent was in the middle of 

 the body : the anal fin extended from thence jufl: 



* Barhus major Cornublenfis cinis bifurcatis : the great 

 forked beard. Mr. Jago. Rail fyn. fife u 163. /j-. 7. 



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