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pectoral; second dorsal and anal more expanded towards their 
termination, their rays more plainly marked than in others of 
the family, the connecting membrane thin; and although in 
full-grown examples these rays are divided into branches 
towards their points, it is not so in early growth, for at this 
stage they are firm and simple, about half grown when they 
become bifid, beginning with those nearest the tail; tail and 
pectorals slightly round; of the ventral fins the filth and sixth 
are the longest. Colour generally dull brown on the back, but 
when in the best condition rich brown with a tint of purple; 
sides lighter, sometimes pink, dull white, or bright below; 
yellowish on the cheeks; lateral line yellow or brown. Dorsal 
and pectoral fins and tail dark; anal fin whitish near the vent, 
darker behind. The first dorsal fin has ten rays, second 
thirty-eight, pectoral thirteen, anal thirty-eight, ventral eight, 
tail twenty-two. 
We have shewn, when treating of the Haddock, that the 
fish called Ones and Asinus by the Greeks and Komans was 
the Hake, and not the former species, as many have supposed. 
It remains to be seen whether Swainson’s opinion is correct, 
that the Hake of the Mediterranean is a different fish Horn 
our own. 
