Order III. — Anacanthini. Fam. III. — Gadid.e. 
GaDUS MORRnUA (L.) Cod. 
Mr. Gurney lias the following notes : — “ It used to be thought 
that the finest cod supplied to the Norwich fish-market were those 
sent up from Sherringham, which were usually found to have been 
feeding on crabs.” “ On IGth May, 1851, I saw a fish caught at 
Lowestoft, and called there by the fishermen a “lord,” resembling 
the variety often cod figured under that name by Yarreil in his 
second edition, vol. ii, p. 229. This specimen was 15-^ in. long, 
and its fin rays numbered as under : — 
Dorsal, 11, 15, and 16 ; pectoral, 19 ; ventral, 7 ; anal, 17 and 
16 ; candal, 34. 
Gadus iEGLEFiNUS (L.) Haddock. 
Norfolk Estuary : common. 
Yarmouth. — P. In Sir T. Browne’s list: — “Asellus minor 
Schoneveldi {callanus plinii,) or haddocks.” 
Gadus luscus (L.) Bib. 
Lowestoft. — J. II. G. Norfolk Estuary. 
Gadus merlaxgus (L.) "Whiting. 
Norfolk E.stuary : plentiful. 
Yarmouth. — P. Plentiful off Lowestoft, especially in autumn.” 
— J. 11. G. “The whiting on the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk, 
only attains about two-thirds the size of those on the Devonshire 
coast.” — Ib. “ Asellus alhu.s, or whitings, in great plenty.” — 
Sir T. Browne. 
Gadus virexs (L.) Coal-fish. Green Cod. 
Yarmouth: “plentiful.” — P. ‘‘Asellus niger, carhonarius, 
or coal-fish.” — Sir T. Browne. 
A large one caught in the Norfolk Estuary in 1845, is in the 
Wisbeach Museum. 
The Rev. E. W. Dowell has frequently taken them with the line 
in Blakeney harbour. 
Lota vulgaris (Yar.) Burbolt. 
Yare, Bure, and Waveney. “ It penetrates almost to the 
sources of the rivers. I have known many caught, and some 
