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FISHES; JUGULAR. i6. Gadus. 
*Molva, Mouth bearded; upper jaw longer. 
Inhabits A'ort/i«r«^aj ; grows to 7 feet long ; feeds on 
. crabs ; approaches the ihores about June to depofit its 
is in perfeftion from February to May, when it is s'CO' 
body very narrow and long, above brown, berwath 
and yellowifli at the fides. 
Head large, obtulb; black, tVu white ; vtouth 
to/igue white, thin, pointed ; body round, covered with t 
oblong, firmly adhering fcales ; fins edged with whi£«t 
all, except the anal which is cinereous, black ; 
with a black fpot towards the end. ,.5, 
Dorf. 15, 63: pea. 15—20; venf.6: an. 60: caud.¥>'^‘ 
Albidus. - Chin with a cirrus ; ventral fins long, bifid. . 
Inhabits the Mediterranean: 4 inches long; whitiih) 
oblong, nightly compreffed. 
Head pale-bloody, above flattilh, compreffed at the fideS, 
2 fpines behind the eyes ; lower jaw fliorter, with 1 
tures beneath each fide; fmall, fharp, crowded'. V 
large, iris white ; lateral line ftraight ; firft dorfial fi" 
blackiffi at the top, hinder whitifti fpotted with bla^^^’ jjj 
edge and hind-part black ; anal whitilb, the hind-part W* 
tail rounded, blackifli. 
Lforfi, 10, 56: pell, 11 ; vtrit, 2: an. 53; caud, %6 raj'S* 
Tan. Bearded ; gill-covers 3-fpined ; firft dorfal fin with J 
Inhabits Carolina : body foiooth, mucous, brown, ^*'^(1) 
whitilb, back and fins Ipotted with white, and covered 
foft, thin, very fmall, round brown fcales, edged svith 
Head large, broad; eyes vertical, large, pupil black, 
with each fide a double row of fraali tubercles; 
them and the nape a cavity and tranfverfe yellosv 
palate each fide with a double row of teeth, upjier jof’ '"''M 
many, lower only two rows of ihaip uneven teeth; ^ ^ 
numerous, on the lower jaw, and difpofed in a 
manner; gilLcovers o{ 2 pieces, the »tem3ra«e large. *. Jef 
peUoral and ventral fins pointed, the firft ray of the pS 
ones arong, rigid and very long; firft dorfal fin with 
rays, the other and anal Mt, and reaching above the 
btane; tail rounded, the rays as well as in the 
forked. 
Dorf. 3, 26: pect. 20: vf,nt 6; an. 22: caud. 16 
