106 THE LIVING WORLD. 
thirty-fifth degree of latitude. The cod is voracious, and by no means a delicate 
feeder; his perfect digestion has at times rendered him of great service to the 
conchologist, who procured from the stomach of the fish specimens so rare as to 
have been otherwise unattainable. The cod does not, when spawning, approach 
the shore, but simply entrusts its eggs to the mercies of the deep sea; when it 
is remembered that a 
single cod is capable of 
producing a family of 
nine millions, it will be 
evident that this re¬ 
markable fecundity is 
at least an adaptation 
to the use which the 
fish serves in human 
economy. 
The Haddock 
(Melanogrammus csgle - 
finus) is a near relation 
of the cod-fish, it .is 
small by comparison, 
and does not swim so 
far northward. Under 
the popular name of 
“finnan haddiesfi the 
fish is doubtless known 
to every one who has 
been on the Atlantic 
coast, or whose traditions lead him to help maintain the fisheries from which 
Massachusetts has drawn so large a portion of its accumulated wealth. 
The Pollock (. Pollachino virens) is another species which has not yet become 
so highly prized as a food fish. It is an odd fact that its 'young seem to be 
infatuated with the Robinson Crusoe habit, for they pass much of their time 
under the umbrellas of 
the jelly fish. 
The Whiting (Mer- 
langus vulgaris ) is a small 
but delicious European 
cod-fish, but readers of 
Charles Dickens and 
others who describe Lon¬ 
don life will be familiar 
with its name and the 
high esteem in which it 
is held by the English epicures, who are exceedingly blessed by its abundance. 
The Hake (. Phycis ) is abundant on the Atlantic coast and valued by fish¬ 
ermen. 
The Halibut (. Hippoglossus vulgaris ) is a shallow-water fish found in the 
northern portions of both the Atlantic and the Pacific. It generally weighs 
aoout one hundred and forty pounds, but has been found weighing four hun- 
BUTXERFI.Y FISH. 
