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fins having besides the usual blackish margining. The golden colour does 
not reach so low as the lateral line, which line is white as well as all the 
body beneath it, the usual blackish mark on each side being consequently 
wanting. 
It was a deep, finely-made fish, length 27 inches, depth of body measur- 
ed in a straight line 6u inches. 
The Bib, Pout, and Whiting Pout,* Gadus luscus, Linn., 
Morrhua lusca, Cuv., 
Is of occasional occurrence on all quarters of the Irish coast. 
I have seen specimens at every season of the year in Belfast market, 
but rarely more than one at a time ; they are brought from the Antrim 
and Down coasts. 
March 1( )th, 1835. — I purchased the specimen in Belfast market of 
which the following are particulars : 
Length 15 inches. 
D. i3, 23, 17 ; P. 17 ; V. 6; A. 33—21 ; C. 28 ; B. 7. 
The 1st and 2nd rays of V. fin “ produced and Setaceous.” Flem. and 
Don. say 1, Pennant 2. 
Depth of body 4-T inches. 
Teeth in both jaws and on vomer. 
Bubble-like membrane blown over each eye. 
Process from under jaw 1 inch long. 
Colour of body uniform grey glossed with gold and silver, more espe- 
cially about the head ; belly dirty white. 
D. and C. fins pale grey edged with a darker grey, the latter terminated 
by a narrow black band. 
P. pale grey with a conspicuous black spot on the centre of one and at 
the base of both. A. fins of a darker brown than the others, and uniform 
in colour; a white stripe on the body of the fish at base of first anal fin. 
Irides silver clouded with blackish brown. 
On dissection I found this specimen to be a female, the roe being very 
large. It was taken at Killough-. Called Hen-Jish in the market. 
Feb. 21th, 1837. — I bought a Gadus luscus in Belfast market, brought 
from Killough. It was 13^ inches long, and a female containing pea — 
each ovum being at least ^ less than ordinary-sized clover seed. The 
stomach was filled with the remains of small crabs (Brachyuri), and con- 
tained a specimen of Trochus tumidus. Another specimen which I ex- 
amined contained the remains of fish. 
The Poor or Power Cod, Gadus minutus, Linn., 
Morrhua minuta, Cuv., 
Has been obtained on the North-East, the South, and the West coasts. 
The following note was contributed by me to the Annals Nat. Hist, 
vol. i. 
“ Gadus minutus , Linn. Poor. — Among some fishes taken in a trawl-net by 
Mr. Hyndman in Belfast Bay in the month of September, 1835, and kindly pre- 
served for me, are three individuals of this species, which as British has hitherto 
been known only to the southern coast of England. These specimens are under 
4 inches in length ; their fin-rays about the number described by Mr. Jenyns, 
but it maybe observed that in the 1st and 2nd D. fins the second ray is longest; 
* Called Hen-Jish in Belfast market, and (according to Mr. M‘Calla) Crow- 
Jish in Galway Bay. 
