CODFISHES. 
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THE POUTASSOU (sw. kolmulen). 
GADUS POUTASSOU. 
Fig. 123. 
Length of the base of the first anal fin only slightly less or even greater than the distance between this fin and 
the tip of the snout. Length of the base of the first dorsal fin less than 25 (23?) %, and that of the base of the 
second dorsal fin less than 33 (30?) %, of the length of the base of the first anal fin. Lower jaw most ■prominent, 
its length being at least 54 % of that of the head , but less than 14 % of that of the body. Distance between the 
tip of the snout and, the hind, extremity of the maxillary bones at most, about 81 % a of the length of the lower jaw, 
but greater than the length of the ventral fins , which is less than twice the least, depth of the tail. Least depth 
of the tail more than 25 (2.9?) % of the base of the third dorsal fin , or than 27 (28?) % of the length of the 
pectoral fins. Distance between the first dorsal fin and the tip of the snout at least about, 33 % of the length of 
the body. Length of the snout less than 60 % of that of the lower jaw. Course of the lateral line parallel to 
the dorsal profile , without any perceptible break. 
Fig. 123. Gadus poutassou, 1 0 of Hie natural size, Dynekil (Stroinstad), the lOtli of February, 1890, C. A. Hansson. 
R. hr. 7; D. 12— 13|12 — 14(21 — 24 ; A. 34— 39 '-'(23—25 
P. 20; V. 6; C. ,£+24 — 2G+.r; Vert. 58. 
Syn. Git elds merlangus, Risso, Iclitlxyol. Nice, p. 115. 
Merlangus poutassou, Risso, Eur. Mer., tom. Ill, p. 227 : Dub., 
Kor., (potasson), Vet.-Akad. Hand I. 1844, p. 88; Nilss. 
( Gadus poutassou ), Skand. Fn ., Fislc., p. 556; Gtiir, Cat. 
Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. IV, p. 338; Couch, Hist. Fish. Brit. 
Isl, vol. Ill, p. 77, tab. CXLI; Steind., Stzber. Akad. Wiss. 
Wien, Math. Naturvv. Cl. LVII, i, (1868), p. 705; Coll., Forh. 
Vid. Selsk. Christ. 1874, Tiilaegsh., p. 110; N. Mag. Naturv. 
Christ., Bd. 29 (1884), p. 82; Malm ( Boreogadus ), Ghgs, 
Boh. Fn., jD. 486; Gigl. (Gadus), Espoz. Intern. Peso. Ber- 
iino 1880, Sez. Ital. , Cat., p>. 96; Mor. ( Merlangus ), Hist. 
Nat. Poiss. Fr., tom. Ill, p. 245; Day (Gadus), Ftsli. Gt. 
Brit., Irel., vol. I, p. 292, tab. LXXXIII, fig. 1 ; Apostolides 
(Merlangus), Peche en Gr'ece (Athen 1883), p. 29: Vinci- 
0 Never more than 8 1 1 / 2 in the specimens we have examined. 
b Sometimes 41, according to Lilljeborg. 
c 07 
7 ’ - 1 1 7 7 ? 5 7 77 
,, 30, „ ,, Risso and Moreau. 
guerra, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, vol. XVIII (1882 
— 83), p. 550, tav. II, figg. 1 — 2; Storm (Gadus), N. Vid. 
Selsk. Skr. 1883 (Trondhj.), p. 33; Lillj., Sv., Norg. Fn., 
Fisk., vol. II, p. 112. 
Merlangus vernalis, Risso, Eur. Mer., Ill, p. 228 (vide Mor., 
Vincig., Apostoi,.). 
Merlangus alb -us , Yarr., Brit. Fish., ed. 2. vol. II, p. 247; 
Dub., Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1844, p. Ill; Forh. Skand. 
Naturf. Mode, Christ. 1844, 2>- 224. 
Merlangus communis , Costa, Fn. Regn. Nap., Peso., Malacott. 
Sottobr., p. 7. 
Gadus melanoslomus Nilss., 1. c.; Olss., Lunds Univ. Arsskr., 
tom. VIII (1871), p. 8. 
The Poutassou is known in Scandinavia as kol- 
mulen, kolmulehvitlingen (Nilsson), kolmunnen (Lillje- 
borg), in Christiania Fjord as Speer or, on account of its 
