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Is about fifteen inches long. Has brown back and sides ; but not so 

 much so below as above. The fins are dark brown, save ihe ventral, 

 which are whitish and long, ending in red bifid extremities. Eyes of 

 moderate size, and black. Lateral line curved upward. Mouth and 

 palate furnished with sharp teeth. Tongue smooth. A small cirrhus 

 beneath the chin. Tail roundish. Throat internally streaked with red 

 and purple. Vent nearer the head. The rays in the fins are, Br. 7. V. 

 2. P. 16. D. 11—54. A. 44. C. 25. 



9. Codling. (Gadus longipes.) With lanceolated body, very long 

 ventral fins ; and first ray of the anterior dorsal elongated and flexible. 



Length about twenty inches ; depth three and a half. The first ray 

 of the first dorsal almost six inches long. Body long and tapering. 

 Scales besmeared with slime, rendering them slippery, and rather ob- 

 scure. Head sloping, roundish, and smooth. Eyes large and pale. 

 Upper jaw projects. Beneath and within it a distinct moveable lip. 

 Lower jaw shuts easily within this lip. The upper lip and lower jaw 

 are furnished with rows of small teeth. Palate and throat also toothed. 

 Tongue large, smooth, and fleshy. Sides of the tongue and inside of 

 the throat smutty, or dotted with black. Mouth capacious ; gill-open- 

 ings ample. A small cirrhus under the chin. Weighs sometimes as 

 heavy as eighteen pounds. The ventral fins are six inches long, bifid, 

 tapering, and reddish. 



The lateral line begins over the branchial opening, and runs nearly 

 parallel with the back. Colour of the back and sides a ruddy brown ; 

 of the belly, white, tinged with yellowish. Dorsal and anal fins termi- 

 nate abruptly, and leave a short unoccupied space between themselves 

 and the tail ; the body having at that place become narrow and slender. 



This is the hake of the New- York fishermen. 



Rays, B. 7. V. 2. P. 17. D. 10—54. A. 49 C. 21. 

 10. Spotted Cod. (Gadus punctatus.) With a black spot in the ante- 

 rior dorsal fin, black-tipped anal fin, and speckled lateral line. 



