The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . sal fin small^ triangular^placed close to the caudal^ and immediately above thesecond anal; pectoral and ventral fins small; ventralfins beneath the pectoral; the first ray continuedinto a long filament; anal fins two, the first small,and triangular; the second larger, and like thedorsal; caudal broad and pulcher. Gray, Ind. Zool. (Vol. I. p. 308. f. 68.) Family 2. GADID^. Cod-fish. Body slimy ; scales very small; fins fleshy; all therays soft, and covered with the common skin; headlarge, depressed; bo
The natural history of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals . sal fin small^ triangular^placed close to the caudal^ and immediately above thesecond anal; pectoral and ventral fins small; ventralfins beneath the pectoral; the first ray continuedinto a long filament; anal fins two, the first small,and triangular; the second larger, and like thedorsal; caudal broad and pulcher. Gray, Ind. Zool. (Vol. I. p. 308. f. 68.) Family 2. GADID^. Cod-fish. Body slimy ; scales very small; fins fleshy; all therays soft, and covered with the common skin; headlarge, depressed; body more or less lengthened, com-pressed; ventral fins very small; the first and secondray often lengthened into filaments; the others small,obsolete, or entirely wanting. 1. SUBFAM. GADIN^. Dorsal fins three ; anal fins two. Gadl s Linn. Dorsal fins three, the first triangular;lower jaw with a barbel or cirrus; caudal fin eithertruncate or slightly lunate; ventral fins two, distinct,placed beneath the two hinder dorsals; ventral finslanceolate; gills seven-rayed, {^fig. 93.). morrhua. Bl. pi. 64. blennoides {Jig. 93.) Sw. App. o 00 CLASSIFICATIOX OF FISHES_, ETC. Mehlaxgus WillugJiby. Similar to the last,, but with-out cirri. vulgaris Will. BL 65. TiLESiA* Sw. Body slender^ lengthened; lower jawcirrated; dorsal fins three^ equal; caudal fin trun-cate ; lateral line curved in the middle. T. gracilis. Til, Piscium. i, tab. 18. Lepidiox Sw. Dorsal fins two, the first triangular_,with the anterior ray prolonged into a filament; analfins united, the first triangular, the second longand hroad; ventral fins slender, with six rays, thefirst very long j mouth large ; lower jaw rubescens. Risso, xi. fig. 40. p. 118. Cephus Sir. General structure of Gadus; hut thehead is excessively large, depressed, and hroad; firstanal ray ending in a filament. C. m^crocephalus. Til. Pise. i. tab. 19. 2. SuBFAM. Dorsal fins two, the first sometimes composed offleshy filaments, an
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