CLASS V. PISCES: OKDER 3. TELEOSTEA. 
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THE DORSE. 
THE HADDOCK, 
The Hadd OCK, M. (Bglejinus., is greatly valued for its flesli ; it swims in immense slioals, and 
^ vast nmnbcrs are taken. This, as well 
"F"- ^-^^^ as the cod, has been kept in salt pre- 
serves in Scotland,and both have thriven 
well. The haddocks speedily become 
so tame as to take food from the hand 
of their keeper. The common weight 
of the haddock is about two pounds ; 
it is found from this to ten pounds. 
Common on the Northern European 
and American coasts. 
The Bib, M. lusca — also called Pout 
and Whiting-Pout — is tAvelve to six- 
teen inches long, and is found on the 
fei North ern European coasts ; its flesh is 
^ excellent. 
The Speckled Cod, M. punctata^ 
is eighteen inches long, and is found 
as the above. 
Genus MERLANGUS : Merlangus. 
— To this belongs the Whiting, M. 
vulgaris, well known for the surpass- 
ing delicacy and pearly whiteness of 
its flesh. It is from twelve to twenty 
inches long, and weighs from one to 
four pounds. It is common around 
the British Islands, where it is caugbt 
in large quantities at nearly all seasons 
of the year. 
The Coal-Fish, M. carbonarius, is 
a large species, weighing from ten to 
thirty pounds. It swims rapidly, and 
at no great depth. It is rather coarse 
food, but is largely consumed by the 
poor. It is common in all the North- 
ern European seas, and it exists in 
swarms around the Orkneys ; it is also 
found on our coasts, and is sold in our 
markets under the names of Pollack 
and Black Pollack. 
The Green Pollack, M. leptocepha- 
lus, is deep green above, silvery-white 
beneath; length, twelve to eighteen 
inches ; called Young Haddock by our 
fishermen. Found in our American 
Avaters, though rarely taken. 
The New York Pollack, M. pur- 
2mreus, is one to two feet long, and is 
abundant on the coast of Massachu- 
setts. 
The Pollack or Whiting-Pol- 
THE POLLACK. -.r 77 7 ■ • p ^• 
LACK, M. poliacktus, IS a irohcsonie 
fish, constantly jDlashing in the water, and biting keenly at the hook ; it is twelve to twenty-four 
THE WHITING. 
THE COAL-FISH. 
