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Centrolabrus exoletus, Linn. (Day, voL I, p. 267, pi. 

 LXXVL). The rock cook. 



Order ANACANTHINI. 



There are no spines ; the fin rays are soft, and 

 jointed ; the ventral fins if present are far forward ; the 

 air bladder if present has no duct. 



Family Gadim: — the Cod family. 

 One of the most important families of fishes from the 

 economic point of view 



Gadus morrhua, Linn. (Day,vol I., p. 275,pl.LXXVIIL). 

 The cod — probably the most useful of all fish to 

 man. No part of the body seems valueless. In 

 addition to its prime importance as a food, oil is 

 extracted from the liver, the head, tongue and sounds 

 can be made to form a good article of food, the offal 

 and bones when steamed, dried and ground up are 

 converted into very good manure said to be equal as 

 a fertilizer to Peruvian guano, the roe is a splendid 

 bait used in the sardine fisheries of France and Spain, 

 and from the swim-bladder isinglass is made. 

 Gadus ceglefinus, Linn. (Day, vol. L, p. 283, pi. 



LXXIX.). The haddock. 

 Gadus minutus, Linn. (Day, vol. I,, p. 288, pi. LXXXL). 



The power cod. 

 Gadus merlangus, Linm (Day, vol. I,, p, 290, pi. 



LXXXIL). The whiting. 

 Ga^sZ«scws,Willughby(Day,vol.I.,p.286,pl.LXXX.). 



The bib. 

 Gadus pollachius, Linn. (Day, vol. I., p. 296, pi. 



LXXXIIL). The pollack. 

 Merluccius vulgaris, Cuv. (Day, vol. L, p. 300, pi. 

 LXXXV.). The hake. 



