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