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the reft of the Gadi, but it is broader, in proportion to it’s length, than any of the 
others, the breadth equalling one third of that meafure: at the roots of the pectoral 
fins there is, on each fide, a Angle, blackifh fpot: the tail is black at the extre¬ 
mity, as are alfo the back fins; and the firfi of the pinnae ani is frequently bluifh : 
the body of the fifh is of a whitifh colour, obfcured with a faint tinge of blackifh * 
the back is brown 5 the lateral line is brown, or fometimes blackifh • it runs very 
crooked, and is much nearer the back than the belly : the fcales are large and white 3 
they are of a roundifh but fomewhat oblong figure, and fome of them angular : the 
mouth does not open fo very wide, as in fome of the other fpecies. 
The pedtoral fins are of a pale reddifh-brown colour, and have each nineteen rays: 
the ventral fins are white, and have each only fix rays. There are three fins on the 
back; the firfi of them has thirteen rays 5 it is taller than the other two, and is of a 
fomewhat triangular figure : the fecond is longer than the others, and has twenty-four 
rays; the third or hindermofl has twenty-one rays: there are two pinnas ani j the firfi: 
is of an oblong figure, and has thirty-one rays 5 and the other is, in a manner, conti¬ 
nuous to this, and is placed exa&ly over-againfl the third back fin; this has twenty-one 
rays: the tail is even at the extremity, and it’s rays are all of a length. ' 
The anus in this fpecies is very near the head 5 it is, in a well-grown fifh, not three 
inches from the extremity of the roftrum, which is barely a third of the length of the 
fifh : nine inches in length, and three in breadth, are the ufual flandards of this fpe¬ 
cies, but it fometimes grows much beyond thefe : there are about nine pundta on each 
fide, on the lower jaw. 
We have this fpecies in our own feas; it is caught in great abundance on the coafl 
of Cornwal, and in many other places. Willughby and others call it Afellus mollis 
latus j Charleton, Afellus barbatus; and we, the Pouting, the Whiting-pout, and fome¬ 
times limply the Pout. Authors have defcribed, as another fpecies, what they call the 
Afellus lufcus, and what our country people in Cornwal call the Bib, or the Blind ; 
but, on the ftri&efl examination, this appears not to differ from the fpecies here 
defcribed. 
Gadus corpore fefcunciali y ano in medio corporis . 
!The inch and half Gadus , with the anus in the middle of the body . 
This is the fmalleft of all the Gadi: ids general appearance, at firfi fight, would 
lead an inacurate obferver to fuppofe it only the young of fome of the other kinds j but, 
on examination, it appears perfectly difiind: from them all; and even the common 
people of Cornwal, who frequently meet with it, diftinguifh it, and give it a peculiar 
name : it’s ufual fize is an inch and a half in length, and it very rarely indeed exceeds 
two inches: the head is large, in proportion to the body ; the eyes are prominent; the 
opening of the mouth is very large, and is well furnifhed with teeth j and the noflrils 
have each a double aperture, and are fituated at fome little difiance below the eyes : 
there are nine pundta on each fide on the jaws; the back is convex, and of a dufky 
brown ; the belly is fomewhat flat and white, and the anus flands at about an equal 
diftance from the extremity of the head and the tail. \ 
There are three fins on the back : the firfi has twelve rays; the fecond has nineteen 
rays, and the third feventeen : the pedtoral fins have each thirteen rays, and the ven¬ 
tral ones have fix : there are two pinnas ani j the firfi has twenty-feven rays, and the 
fecond has feventeen : the tail is moderately large, and is even, not divided or hollow¬ 
ed at the end j the lateral line is crooked. 
This fpecies is very frequent in our feas, and in thofe of mofl other parts of Eu¬ 
rope and elfewhere. Ray and Willughby call it Afellus mollis minor, and Afellus om¬ 
nium minimus; Rondeletius calls it Anthiae fpecies fecunda : we call it the Poor and the 
Power j the Venetians, Mollo; and the Maflilians, Capellan, 
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