198 



DOUBLY SPOTTED SUCKER. 



Cyclopterus himaculatus, Turton's Linnseus. Donovan; pi. 78. 



Lepadogaster " Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 190. 



ILepadogastere ocelle, Eisso. 



Lepadogaster himaculatus, Jenyns; Manual, p. 470. 



" " Yareell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 363. 



" " Gunther; Catalogue Br. Museum, 



vol. iii, p. 514. 



We only give the English name as above, because it has 

 been so applied by several writers; for it is but slightly des- 

 criptive, and might with greater propriety be assigned to the 

 Cornish Sucker. The species which bears it was first made 

 known by Pennant, but since his day it has been found far 

 from uncommon in the west counties of England; and if we 

 are right in our belief that it is, as Risso supposed, the same 

 with that which he has called Lepadogaster ocellatus, it is also 

 met with in the Mediterranean. On the other hand Nilsson 

 says it has been taken off the west coast of Norway; where, 

 however, it is regarded as among the rarest of their fishes. In 

 Cornwall examples of small size are met with under stones near 

 low water mark; not far from which it is probable they are 

 bred. They are also not unfrequently drawn up in crab-pots; 

 but the larger individuals prefer deeper water, and their common 

 resort is further from the land than is usual with the Cornish 

 Sucker, from which beyond doubt it is a distinct species. An 

 example an inch and a half in length, was thrown from the 

 mouth of a fish as it was drawn up from a depth of thirty-eight 

 fathoms. 



A small example, placed in a cup of sea-water, appeared 

 more active and observant than the last-named fish; and even 

 when the body was still the pectoral fins were frequently in 



