144 



With three dorsal Jins, as in the preceding kinds, but 

 with beardless mouth* 



WHITING. 



Gadus Merlangus. G. argenteus 9 supra subfuscus, maxilla 



superiore longiore. 

 Silvery Gadus, brownish on the upper parts, with the upper 



jaw longer than the lower. 

 Gadus Merlangus. G. tripterygius imberbis albus, maxilla 



superiore longiore. Lin, Syst. Nat. p. 438. 

 The Whiting. Penn. Brit Zool. 3. Bloch. pi 65. 



The Whiting is, according to Mr. Pennant, the 

 most delicate as well as the most wholesome of the 

 genus, but does not grow to a large size, the usual 

 lengthy being about ten or twelve inches, and the 

 largest scarce exceeding that of twenty. It is a fish of 

 an elegant make : the body is rather long, and covered 

 with small, round silvery scales : the head and back 

 are of a pale brown, and the sides slightly streaked 

 with yellow : the head is of a pointed form, with 

 the upper jaw longer than the lower, and furnished 

 with several rows of teeth, of which those in front 

 are longest ; the lower jaw has only a single row : 

 on each side the palate is a triangular, and in the 

 throat two rough bones above, and two smooth ones 

 beneath : on each side the lower jaw are nine or 

 ten impressed points : the vent is nearer the head 

 than the tail : the lateral line is strait, and at the 

 beginning of the pectoral fins on each side is a black 

 spot. This fish is an inhabitant of the Baltic, and 



