LEVERIAN GADUS. 



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observable in several other fish in a certain degree, 

 but not so remarkably as in the Ling*. 



Vast quantities of this fish are salted for exporta- 

 tion as well as for home consumption. When it is 

 cut or split for curing it must measure twenty-six 

 inches or upwards from the shoulder to the tail ; if 

 less than that it is not reckoned a sizeable fish, and 

 consequently not entitled to the bounty on exporta^ 

 tionf. 



LEVERIAN GADUS. 



Gadus Leverianus. G. subcinereus, maculis occllatis albidis, 

 Subcinereous Gadus, with ocellated whitish spots. 



Described from a specimen in the Leverian 

 Museum. Body extremely long in proportion to 

 its depth, and of nearly uniform diameter as far as 

 the second dorsal fin, from which part it gradually 

 lessens towards the tail : head large : mouth wide : 

 lower jaw longer than the upper ; both furnished 

 with a row of sharp, subulated, and slightly curved 

 teeth, of which those in the lower jaw are by far 

 the largest and longest : eyes rather large : gill- 

 membrane six or seven-rayed : pectoral fins of mode- 

 rate size : ventral rather small and narrow : first 

 dorsal fin subtriangular, situated at a considerable 

 distance from the head, and the second at a great 

 distance from the first, being of similar shape, but 

 rather larger : vent-fin small, shallow, squarish, and 



* Brit. 2ool. 



f Brit. Zook 



