78 



WITH HARD CHEEKS. 



ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



WITH HARD CHEEKS. 



FATHER-LASHER, LONG-SPINED COTTUS. 



LUCKY PROACH. Scotland. 



Coitus hubalis, EUPHRASEN. 



,, Cuv. et VALENC. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. t. iv. p. 165, pi. 78. 

 scorpius, Father- Lasher, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 294, pl.44. 



DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 35. 



FLEM. Brit. An. p. 216, sp. 156. 

 t> ,, Four-spined Father-Lasher, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 345. 



THE FATHER-LASHER is immediately recognised by its 

 well-armed head and long spines, but seldom measures more 

 than from six to ten inches in length on our shores. The 

 general appearance of this fish is forbidding ; yet in Green- 

 land, besides attaining a much larger size, it is in such great 

 request, that Pallas tells us it forms the principal food of the 

 natives, and the soup made of it is said to be agreeable as 

 well as wholesome. During the greater part of the year it is 

 to be found on our coast from Cornwall to the Orkneys, and 



