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With one dorsal Jin. 



MEDITERRANEAN GADUS. 



Gadus Mediterraneus. G. maxilla svperiore cirris duobus, in- 



feriore unico. Lin. Syst, Nat. Gmel. p. 1 175. 

 Gadus with two cirri on the upper lip and one on the lower. 



This also is very nearly allied to the Gadus 

 Mustela, insomuch that it may be doubted whether 

 it be really a distinct species, though furnished 

 with only the second or long dorsal fin : mouth 

 with two beards on the upper, and one on the 

 lower lip. Native of the Mediterranean. 



According to Cepede this species has but two 

 rays in the ventral fins, for which reason he con- 

 siders it as a Blennius. 



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TORSK. 



Gadus Brosme. G. ore cirroso cauda ovata. 

 Gadus with the lower lip bearded, and ovate tail. 

 Brosme. Strom, sondm. 1. p. 272. t. l.f. \g. Pontopp. norw. 

 2. p. 178. 



This species is well described in the last edition 

 of the British Zoology under the title of the Torsk. 

 It is an inhabitant of the Northern seas, and is not 

 observed lower than the Orkney islands, and even 

 there is rather a scarce fish. The length of the 

 specimen communicated to Mr. Pennant was twenty 

 inches, and the greatest depth four and a half : the 

 iv. p. i. II 



