148° WHITING POUT. ClaGIV. 
IV. The! WH TP NOG (Pi Orta 
Afellus mollis latus. Mr. Zi prima officulorum triginta. 
ter apud Wil. Icth. Apps Arted. fynon. 37. 
Gadus barbatus. G. triptery- 
ee 
Whiting Pout, Londinenfibus.  gius cirratus maxilla inferi- 
Raii fyn. pife. 55. ore punctis utrinque feptem. 
Gadus dorfo tripterygio, ore Lin. Lif 437. Gronov. Looph. 
cirrato, longitudine ad lati- No. 320 
tudinem tripla, pinna ani Sma,Forfc: Faun. fuec. No. 311. 
HIS fpecies nevers grows to a large fize, fel- 
dom exceeding a foot in length. 
It is diftinguifhed from all others by its great 
depth; one of the fize abovementioned being near 
four inches deep in the bhroadeft part. - 
_ The back is very much arched ; the mouth fimall; 
the beard fhort. 
The firft dorfal fin is triangular, and terminates in 
along fibre: the color of the fins and tail black: 
at the bottom of the pectoral fins is a black fpot. 
The lateral line is white, broad, and crooked. 
The tail is even at the end. 
The color of the body is white, but more obfcure 
on the back than the belly. 
This fifh was firft difcovered by Doctor Lifter, 
and communicated by him, with feveral other fpecies, 
to Mr. Ray. 
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