FISHES; JUGULAIi. i6. Gadus. jzf 
fart ; eyes large, prominent, pupil black, iris filvery or ci-^ 
tron ; aperture of the gills large, the cover of many pieces } 
bodv covered with fmall fcales, fticking cloftly ; lateral line 
black, beginning at 'the nape, bending towards the belly at 
the end of the lecotid dorfal fin, and ending in the middle of 
the caudal fin ; balk much arched, carinate, very deep ; vent 
nearer the head ; Jins edged with black, and except the 
caudal one olive ; firft dorjal fin high, fhort, falcate’ ; pecto- 
ral with a black fpot at the bale. 
Dorf, 12, 20, 20; pect, 18 : vent. 6 : an. ig, 19 : caud. 40 
rays. 
Each fide the lower jaw 9 punHurcs ; vent in the middle 
of the body. . P 
Inhabits I^uropean and Mediterranean feas : 7 inches long; 
feeds on teftacious animals and worms, and is the prey of 
the larger fifli of its own tribe ; body filvery fpotted with 
black, back bvownilh-yellow covered with Imall thin fcales. 
Head wed<^ed ; lower javi Ihorter with fewer rows of teeth ; 
, eyes round, pupil black, iris filvery ; gill-covers punaured ; 
lateral line narrow, ftraight ; tail forked. 
Doi/. 12, 19, 17: 13: vent.S: 011.27, 17: caud. 1% 
rays. 
hi, 
'^^oides Ventral fins bifid. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean fca: 9 Inches lo^S ? body thick, 
foft, convex, comprefTecI, covered with finall fcales , filvery 
white, grey towards the back. , , , , , 
Head thick, conic, ohtufe; fleihy, doubled ; A mi, 
nute, unequal, in the upper jaw hardly vifible ; tongue 
flelhy, pointed, prominent, fiiarp^edged ; palate longitudi- 
nally ftriate ; eyes large, iris filvery ; gtll-covers loft ; lateral 
line arched on the fqre-part ; Jns yellowilh-white with very 
fmall r^ys, the dorfal and anal reclined ; firll dorfal fin nar- 
row triangular, fecond narrower, third a little broader and 
fhoiter ; pectoral fins narrow, fubfalcate, very thin ; firft ray 
of the ventral fins long, very thick, bifid ; firft anal round- 
ed, fecond nearly triangular ; tail forked, the ends rounded. 
Dorf. 10, 17, 16 : pect. 1^: vent. 5: an. 23, 19; caud. 27 
rays. 
Fourth ray of the third dorfal, and fifi^E 
anal fins longer than the reft ; fecond ray 
tral fins ending in a long briftle. 
of the firft 
of the ven- 
Inhabits 
