CORNISH SUCKER. 



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SUBBKACHIAL 



MALACOPTERYG1I. CYCLOPTERIDJE* 



THE CORNISH SUCKER. 



Lepidogaster Cornubiensis, Cornish Sucker, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 189, sp. 71. 

 Cyclopterus Lepidogaster, Jura Sucker, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 181, 



P l. 25. 



,, ocellatus, Ocellated Sucker, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 76. 



Lepidogaster biciliatus, ,, ,, Risso, Hist. torn. iii. p. 272, 



sp. 163. 



,, Cornubiensis, Cornish Sucker, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 469, 



sp. 157. 



LEPIDOGASTER. Generic Characters. Body smooth, without scales ; dorsal 

 and anal fins opposite, and near the tail ; pectoral fins large, descending to the 

 inferior surface of the body, and by an extension of the membrane surrounding 

 an oval disk ; ventral fins united by a membrane which extends circularly under 

 the belly, forming a second concave disk. 



BARON CUVIER has called the third family of the Sub- 

 brachial Malacopterygii, Discoboles, on account of the disk 

 formed by the union of the ventral fins. The term CYCLOP- 

 TERID.E, derived from an original Linnsean generic name, is 

 here adopted in order to preserve uniformity in the names of 

 * The family of the Sucking-fishes. 



