CODFISHES. 
493 
THE BIB (sw. skaggtorsken). 
GADUS LUSCUS. 
Plate XXII, A, fig. 2. 
Length of the base of the first anal fin more than half the distance between this fin and the tip of the snout. 
Zipper jaw most prominent. Length of the lower jaw at least about 44 % of that of the head , which (at least 
in adult specimens ) is more than 24 % of the length of the body. Least depth of the tail (at least in adult 
specimens ) more than 5 % of the length of the body, than 49 % of the length of the lower jaw, than 51 % of the 
distance between the tip of the snout and the hind extremity of the maxillary bones , or than 44 % of the length 
of the base of the third dorsal fin. Distance between the tip of the snout and the hind extremity of the maxillary 
bones more than 84 % of the length of the lower jaiv, but less than the length of the centred fins. Length of the 
snout less than 8 % of that of the body, than 66 % of the postorbital length of the head, or than 64 % of the 
length of the lower jaw. Greatest depth of the body more than 1 / i of its length, and the greatest thickness, which 
is about equal to the postorbital length of the head, more than 11 % of the length of the body. Coloration above 
yellowish brown or red, belly white: lateral line only slightly, if at all, darker “ than the colour of the body: a 
blackish spot at the upper part 
R. br. 7; D. 12 — 14|22 6 — 26| 18 — 20 ; A. 27 — 30 c |l8 rf — 21 ; 
P. 19 — 20 ; V. 6; C. #+ 20—22 + *; Vert. 48. 
Syn. Asellus luscus , Willughby, Hist. Pise., p. 169. Tacaud, 
Duham. Tr. Pecli., part II, sect. I, p. 136, tab. 23, fig. 2. 
Gadns, No. 6, Art., Gen., p. 21; No. 5 et 12, Syn., p. 35 
et 37 ; No. 6, Spec., p. 65. 
Gadus luscus, Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. X, tom. I, p. 252; M us. 
Ad. Frid ., tom. II prodr., p. 69; (?) Faber, Tidskr. Naturv., 
Kbhvn, vol. V (1828), p. 219; Jenyns, Man. Brit. Vert. 
Anim ., p. 442; Fries, Stand. Fisk., ed. I, p. 78; (?) Kr., 
Danin. Fiske, vol. II, p. 77 ; Nilss., Skand. Fn ., Fisk., p. 
545; Gthr, Cat. Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. IV, p. 335; Malm, 
( Gadulus ), Gbgs, Boh. Fn., p. 482; Mor. {Gadus), Hist. 
Nat. Poiss. Fr., tom. Ill, p. 233; Day, Fish. Gt. Brit.., 
Irel., vol. I, p. 286, tab. LXXX; Petersen, Vid. Meddel. 
Naturh. For. Kbhvn 1884, p. 157; Lillj., Sv., Norg. Fn., 
Fisk., vol. II, p. 68; Hansen, Zool. Dan., Fiske, p. 65, 
tab. IX, fig. 2. 
Gadus barbatus, Lin., (p. p.) Syst. Nat., 1. c. ; Bloch (Der 
breite Schellfisch), Naturg. Ausl. Fisch., part. 2, p. 105, 
tab. CLXVI; Esm., Skand. Naturf. 4:de Mode, Christ. 1844, 
Forh., p. 230; Malm, Gbgs Vet., Vitt. Samh. Handl., N. 
Tidsf., H. 2, p. 107 c. tab. 
Gadus minutus, Steind., Stzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math. 
Naturw. Cl., LVII, i (1868), p. 704; Winth., Naturh. 
Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. 3, vol. XII, p. 29; Mor., 1. c., p. 231. 
The Bearded Cod ( Skaggtorsken ) or Broad Cod 
(Bredtorsken), as Nilsson called it, lias been well-known, 
ever since the times of Willughby and Duhamel, to 
of the base of the pectoral fin. 
English zoologists by the trivial names of Bib, Blinds, 
and Whiting Pout, and in France by that of Tacaud. 
Among the Cods it has the deepest and (in proportion 
to the depth) most compressed body, as well as the 
relatively longest barbel. The name of luscus is derived 
from the loose membrane over the eyes, which gener- 
ally swells and grows more and more opaque after the 
death of the fish. The skin of the tins too, especially 
at their bases, is sometimes much swollen, loose, and 
slippery. 
According to Malm, who had the opportunity of 
examining the fish during life and just after its cap- 
ture, the colour of the upper half of the body is red- 
dish brown with a faint dash of yellow, that of the 
lower half lighter, with a bluish gray tinge, but pass- 
ing towards the belly into 'whitish. The whole bodv, 
except the extreme ventral margin, is finely strewn 
with small, blackish brown dots. The sides of the 
body have a lustre of gold or silver, sometimes with 
a greenish tinge. The lateral line is golden yellow, 
but for the first half of its length brownish. The fins, 
according to Day, are bluish black and darkest at the 
margins. This coloration is sometimes diversified, how- 
ever, by transverse bands across the body, traces of 
“ In specimens preserved in spirits lighter. 
b Sometimes 20, according to Gunther. 
c „ 35, ,, ,, Jenyns. 
d „ 17, ,, ,, Moreau. 
