Physcis. fishes. MALACOPTEKYGIOUS. 19S 
Gen. XL. PHYSCIS. Fork-beard. Ventrals consisting of 
one produced divided ray. 
84. P. Jurcatus. Common Fork-beard. — Anterior dorsal 
fin triangular, the first ray slender and produced. 
Asellus Callarias, Will. Ich. 205. — Barbus major, Jago., Raj, Syn. Pise. 
163 Forked Hake, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 193.— ‘Blennius Gadoides, 
Risso, Ich. 136.^ — On the south coast of England. 
Length about a foot. Eyes large ; irides white ; lateral line incurvated. 
The ventrals twice as long as the head. 1st D. 10, 2d D. 62, P. 12, A. 56. Tail 
rounded. Mr Couch states that a few spines are placed before the anal fin, 
Linn. Trans, xiv. 75 — This species was first detected by the Rev. G. Jago, 
on the coast of Cornwall, where it was known by the name of the Great 
Forked Beard. 
Gen. XLI. GADUS. Gade. — Rays of the first dorsal fin 
short, partly detached. Head of the ordinary size. 
^ 85. G. Mustela. Five-bearded Gade. — Four beards on the 
one on the lower jaw. First ray of the dorsal fin 
Mustek vulgaris. Will. Ich. 121 — Gadus Mustela, Linn. Syst. i. 440 — 
Five-bearded Cod, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 202. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. xiv. 
— Sea Loche, Whistle-fish, Rockling — On the English and Scottish 
coasts. 
Length 18 inches. Colour olive above ; belly whitish. Two of the beards 
are on the end of the snout, and two immediately above these. 2d D. 49, P. 
1 4, V. 6, A. 40, C. 24, rounded. 
86. G. tricirratus. Three-bearded Gade. — Two beards on 
the upper, and one on the lower jaw. All the rays of the first 
dorsal fin short. 
M. vulg. var. Will. Ich. 12L — Three-bearded cod, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 
201. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. 11. — Common among rocks near the shore. 
Length about 18 inches. Colour reddish-yellow, with large black spots. 
These, however, according to Montagu, are not observed till the fish exceeds 
6 or 7 inches in length, previous to which the colour is rufous-brown. The 
lateral line bends in the middle, and then passes straight to the tail. 2d D. 
54, P. 20, A. 46, C. (rounded) 24. — By some naturalists this is considered as 
a variety only of the preceding species. 
-4 87. G. argenteolus. Silvery Gade. — Two beards on the up- 
per, and one on the lower jaw. The first ray of the dorsal fin 
produced. 
Mont. Wem. Mem. ii. 449. — Thrown ashore on the south coast of Devon 
in the summer of 1808. 
Length about 2 inches. Back bluish-green ; belly silvery. Head obtuse ; 
the upper jaw longest. Rays of the first dorsal fin numerous, short. Pec- 
torals rounded, of 16 rays. Ventrals 6 rayed, the middle ray produced. Tail 
nearly even at the end. — This species, in the condition in which it occurred 
to Montagu, in numbers, had not probably attained its full size. 
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