22 THE DISCOBOLI. 



Part 2, II. 24; Willugh., 1686, Hist. Pise, 208, pi. N. 11, — i. gibbosus, N. 10, fig. 2 ; Ray, 1713, 

 Syn. Pise, 77; Duham., 1782, Traite Gen., IV. 308, pi. 24; De Kay, 1842, Zool. N. Y., IV. 305; Stor., 

 1846, Synops., 481, — 1867, Hist. Fish. Mass., 208, pi. 32, fig. 2 (both pub. in Mem. Am. Acad.); 

 Lumpus vulgaris McMurt., 1831, Cuv. An. King. ; Stor., 1839, Rep. Fishes Mass., 151; Knight, 1866, 

 Fishes Nova Scotia, 16. 



Cydopterus minulus Pall., 1769, Spic. Zool., VII. 12, pi. 3, figs. 7-9 ; Fabr., 1780, Fauna Groenl., 

 135; Bonn., 1788, Ichth.,27; Gmel., 1789, Systema,I. 1475; Walb., 1792, Art. Gen. Pise, 485; Bound., 

 1798, Beitr., III. 815; Schn., 1801, Bl. Syst. Ichth , pp. xxiii, 3; Turt., 1806, Syst. Nat., I. 905; Cuv., 

 1817, R. An., II. 227, — 1829, R. An., II. 346, — 1836, R. An., I. 573; Griff., 1831, An. King , X. 502; 

 Ross, 1835, App. to Sec. Voy., p. xlvi ; Rich., 1836, F. B. Amer., III. 262 ; Fries, 1838, K. Vet. Ak. 

 Handl., 226; Val., 1840, R. An., ed. ill , Poiss., 311. 



Orhe gihbosus Gesn., 1558, Hist. An., IV. 747, 1285. Piscis gibbosus Aldr., 1613, De Pise, 480, — 

 1623, De Pise, 180. Lepus marinis Schonev., 1624, Ichth., 41. Orbis oceani Worm, 1655, Mus., 269 ; 

 Cijchpterus sp. Art., 1738, Gen. Pise, 62, — Linn., 1746, Fauna Suec, 103, — Gron., 1754, Mus., I. 56, 

 — Liun., 1759, Anim. Specierum, 91, — Gouan, 1770, Hist. Poiss., 223. Oncoliun Klein, 1744, Miss., 

 IV. 49, — Ascan., 1777, Icon., pi. 34. Oncolion gibbosus Klein, 1744, Miss., IV. 50, and Oncotion (.3), 

 pi. xi v. fig. 5, — Walb., 1792, Art. Gen. Pise, 583,-1793, Kleinii Ichth. Enod., 67. Cydopterus 

 heptagunus Linn., 1754, Mus. Ad. Frid., L 57. Cydopterus Houtt, 1764, Nat. Hist, VII. 248, pi. 60, 

 fig. 5. Cydopterus paooninus Shaw, 1797, Nat. Misc., IX. pi. 310,-1804, Gen. Zool., V. pi. 167, 

 fig. 1. Cydopterus pyramidatus Shaw, 1804, Gen. Zool., V. 390, PI. 167, fig. 2. Cydopterus co!ruteus 

 Mitch., 1815, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., I. 480. Le Cydoptere lompe LaC, 1800, Hist. Poiss., H. 

 52, pi. 3, fig. 1. Gobius minutus Mull., 1808, Zool. Dan , IV. 38, pi. 154 B, figs. 1-3, — Risso, 1810, 

 Ichth. Nice, 159. Cydopterus coronatus Couch, 1823, Nat. Hist. Cornw., 47, — Ann'. Nat. Hist., II. 

 382, — Thomps., 1840, Ann. Mag., V. 216. 



Lump-sucker Pennant, 1776, Brit. Zool., III. 133, pi. 21, figs. 1, 2,— 1812, Brit. Zool., III. 176, pi. 24. 



Lump-Jlsh Low, 1813, Nat. Hist. Orkn., 177. 



B. 6 ; D. 6-8 / 11 ; A. 9-10 ; V. 6 ; P. 20 ; C. 12-14 ; Vert. 29 (11 + 18). 



Body m<a.ssive, compressed, subtriangular in transverse section through 

 the middle, belly flattened, depth nearly equal to half the total length in 

 large specimens ; the portion behind the abdominal chamber much com- 

 pressed, and less than half the length of the body proper. Head short, 

 about one fifth of the entire length, subquadrangular in transverse section, 

 forehead broad, flattened, nape high ; snout short, broad, blunt ; mouth 

 wide, anterior, opening with a slight ujiward direction, extending back- 

 ward almost to a vertical from the front margin of the eye. Eyes lateral 

 near the top of the head, as long as the snout, one fourth as long as the 

 head, and one third as wide as the interorbital space. Forehead broad, 

 depressed, convex. Nostrils small ; hinder smaller, near the eyes on the 

 interorbital space ; anterior farther forward, half-way to the mouth, with 

 a short tube. Gill opening moderately wide, its lower third in front of 

 the base of the pectoral. Fins with rounded margins, rough with small 

 tubercles. First dorsal distinct on very young individuals, variable in shape, 

 thick and fleshy with weak rays in older stages. Second dor.sal distinct, 

 broad, rounded. Caudal, broad, subtruncate or rounded posteriorly. Anal 

 moderate, opposite the second dorsal, which it resembles in shape. Pec- 



