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HADDOCK (Gadus aeglefinus)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 797 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HADDOCK (Gadus aeglefinus)  , a fish which differs from the
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cod in having the
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mental barbel very short, the first anal fin with 22 to 25 rays, instead of 17 to 20, and the lateral
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line dark instead of whitish; it has a large blackish spot above each
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pectoral fin—associated in legend with the marks of St Peter's
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finger and thumb, the haddock being supposed to be the fish from whose mouth he took the tribute-
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money . It attains to a
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weight of 15 lb. and is one of the most valuable food fishes of
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Europe, both fresh and smoked, the " finnan haddie " of Scotland being famous . It is
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common round the
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British and Irish coasts, and generally distributed along the shores of the North Sea, extending across the
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Atlantic to the coast of North
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America .

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