98 
TORSK. 
half the length of the pectoral; anal at the middle of the 
body, and both pass on and end close to the origin of the 
caudal fin, which is small and round; the dorsal and anal a 
little expanded towards their termination. Neither the scales 
nor lateral line are to be seen when the fish is fresh from 
the sea; the scales Tery small; the line begins high behind 
the head, and sinks down at half its course. Pectoral fin 
oval; ventrals rather long. Colour dull yellow, darker on the 
back; pectorals yellow; dorsal and anal fins dark, with a 
border of faint yellow; the tail also with a border; ventrals 
dark. W ith some doubt the fin rays were counted, — dorsal 
ninety-seven, anal seventy, pectoral twenty-two, caudal twenty- 
eight. 
