FSHES. JUGULAR. 17. Blcnnius. . 735 
NoftrHs fubcrcfled ; lower lip with a cirrus , back with 
2 fins. Forked Hake. Pennant- 
Body lei's, black, fmooth. 
Inhabits European and Mediterranean teas ; about a foot long, 
2) 5 inches ; body alliy-brovvn. 
Mouth large; teeth in the jaws, and a triangular leries of finailer 
ones in the , palate ; firll dorjal fin triangular, the firft ray 
long, llender, lecond beginning juft behind the firll and e.'c- 
tending almoft to the tail ; ventral of 2 rays, joined at the 
bottom and bifurcated towards the end ; vent in the middle 
of the body ; lateral line curved ; tail rounded. 
Dorf. 10, fit ; pen. 15 ; vent. 2 : an. 57 : caud. 30 rays. 
B. Head not crtjied. 
Ventral fins trifurcated. Trifurcated Hake. 
Taken near Beauviauris by Mr. Davis. Pennant. igfi. 
Body 12 inches long, deep brown, except the folding of the 
lips which are fnowy ; head deprelled, broad ; eyes large, 
irids ycllowiftt ; month, wide with irregular lows of curved 
teeth ; palate with a femilunar row ; tonpte o ; body com- 
prelTed from the pectoral fins and luddenly tapering to the 
tail ; on the beginning of the back a cavity, in which is the 
rudiment of a firft dorfal fin ; fecond dorjal fin reaching 
to the tail ; the anal conefponding ; above the pectoral fin 
each fide a row tubercles, from which commences the lateral 
line, which is curved in the middle. 
Lateral line curved, fubbifid. ' Smooth B. 
Inhabits European and Mediterranean feas ; 6—7 inches long ; 
is very aftive and tenacious of life ; feeds on the fpawn of 
other filh, and is generally found under ftones ; body fmooth, 
mucous and olive-coloured varied with dullty and white 
fpots. 
Head thick; mouth large; jaws armed with teeth, the upper 
longer; Ups thick; nojtrils round, the hind-ones tubular, 
fringed with 4 fibres ; tongue fmooth ; palate 'rough ; eyes 
large, pupil black, iris pale red; vent nearer the head ; dopal 
fin lone, appearing as if divided in the middle ; rays o a 
the fins thick ; peBoral broad, round ; ventral fpht near 
the ends, , 
Herf. 28 — 32: peU. 14: vent, z : an. tgt caud. to ray 
*Gunnelur. 
