GAt)US. COD. 



Generic Character. 



Caput laeve. 



Membr. branch, radiis sep- 



tem teretibus. 

 Corpus oblongum, squamis 



deciduis. 

 Pinna bmnes cute communi 



vestitae. 

 Dorsales unique plures, radiis 



muticis. 



Pectorales in acumen at- 

 tenuate. 



Head smooth. 



Gill-membrane seven-rayed. 



Body oblong, covered with 

 deciduous scales. 



Fins all covered by the com- 

 mon skin. 



Dorsal and anal generally 

 more than one ; the rays 

 unarmed. 



Ventral fins slender, ending 

 in a point. 



COMMON COD. 



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Gadus Morhua. G. cinerevs subfiavo maculatus, squamis majori- 

 bus, cauda subcequali, radio primo anali spinoso. 



Ash-coloured Cod,, with yellowish spots, largish scales, and 

 first ray of the vent fin spiny. 



Gadus Morhua. G. tripterygius cirratus, cauda suba:quali ; 

 radio primo anali spinoso. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 436\ 



Morhua. Btlon. Gesn. Aldr, $c. 



Common Cod-Fish. Pern, Brit. Zool. 3. p. 152. 



T^H I S highly important and prolific species, 

 which furnishes employment for so many thousands,, 



