FISHES. JUGTJLARES. 9. 10. 89 



with blue at the sides : throat black : eyes approximate, vertical, 

 oblong ; pupil dark blue : aperture of the gills narrow, tubular, the 

 cover of one piece, with a 3-forked fpine at the end : back straight, 

 brown, yellow at the sides, white towards the belly with 2 inter- 

 rupted blue lines : lateral-line straight : vent near the middle of the 

 body : first dorsal-Jin 4-rayed, the first ray arched and very long 

 fecond JO-rayed : pectoral-fins brown, 1 8-rayed : ventral 5-rayed; 

 anal blue ;: 10-rayed : caudal\ong, round, 10-rayed. 



12. C. Dracunculw. First ray of the first dorsal fin 



shorter than the body. 



Sordid Dragonet. Br. Z00L iii. t. 28. Donov. t. 84. 



Body 6 inches and a half long, taper, dirty yellow with white 

 and dusky fpots, white on the belly : head broad, compressed, slop- 

 ing : eyes large, oval, vertical; iris reddish, pupil black: upper- 

 jaw longer : had longitudinally grooved, with 4 peiforations be- 

 fore the first fin : lateral-line hardly visible : vent nearer the head : 

 first dorsal-fin white before, black behind, 4-rayed ; fecond yellow- 

 ish with paler lines, 10-rayed; j&ectora/light-browu, 16-rayed ; ven- 

 tral broad, 5-rayed ; anal 10-rayed : tail rounded, long, 8-rayed. 



9. TRACHINUS. Weeuer, Stingbull. 



13. Tr. Draco. Silvery, with oblique transverse yellow- 

 ish bands : first dorsal-fin 5-rayed, black. 



Common Weever. Br Zool. iii. t. 28, 29. Donovan t. 23. 



Body 10 or 12 inches long, elongated, compressed, covered with 

 fmall deciduous fcales, with a dusky tinge on the upper parts ; 

 under-jaw longer, sloping much towards the throat : mouth large, 

 oblique : eyes vertical, iris yellow, pupil black : aperture of the 

 gills large, the covers tipt with a strong fpine : back straight, yel- 

 low-brown : lateral-line straight : first dorsal-fin armed with strong 

 fpines, lodged when clofed in a hollow of the back ; fecond reach- 

 ing almoft to the tail, 25-rayed : pectoral 1 5-rayed : ventral 6-rayed : 

 anal. 25-rayed : tail rather rounded, 24-rayed. 



10. GADUS. Codfish. 

 A. With 3 dorsal fins: mouth bearded. 

 14* G.Morhua. Cinereous, with yellowish spots: jaws 

 and tail nearly even : first anal ray spinous. 



Common Cod. Shaw Zool. iv. f. 22. Jonst.pisc. 8. t. 2./. 1. 



Body generally 2 or 3 feet long, taper, with a prominent belly : 

 mouth large : jaws nearly equal, the lower-one with a single beard : 

 scales rather large: lateral-line broad, whitish, straight till it 

 reaches the vent : vent nearer the head : first dorsal-fin with 14 rays, 

 fecond 19, third 21 : pectoral \Z : ventral 6-rayed : first anal-fin with 

 20 rays, fecond 16; tail 44-rayed, the first on each side short 

 and bony. 



15. G. JEglefmus. Whitish, tail forked : upper-jaw lon- 

 ger : beyond the pectoral-fins a large black spot. 



Haddock. Donovan's Fiskesj t. 59. Block t. 62, 



Body hardly 2 feet long ; head sloping : eyes large; iris silvery^ 

 pupil black : mouth narrow : lower-jaw with a sijngle beard : scales 

 small, firm : lateral-line nearer the back, black : back with a dusky 

 cast ; fins bluish, first dorsal with 16 rays, fecond 20, third 19; 

 pectoral 19-rayed; ventral 6 : anal 21, 22; caudal 27-rayed. 



16. G. Callarias. Cinereous, beneath white : head and 

 body spotted with brown : tail forked : upper-jaw 

 longer. 



Dorfe. Block t. 63. Jomt.pifc. t. 46./. 4. 

 Body lefsthan the last; Uai frnaller, marked with fcventl.ipef.s 



