404 SYNOPSIS. 



back with an elevated ridge which represents the first dorsal, 

 the investing skin enclosing simple rays. 



Sp. 188. C. lumpus. Lump Sucker. Body very thick and 

 fleshy ; the back from the hinder part of the head to the 

 middle of the body occupied by a high tuberculated ridge ; 

 three rows of osseous tubercles on each side; back and 

 sides dusky olive, with various reflections of blue and 

 purple : belly rich orange ; fins also tinged with orange. 

 — Linn., Ctiv. Reg. An. ; Penn. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 176, 

 pi. 24 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 10; Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. 

 p. 365. 

 Gen. LXXXVIIT. Liparis. Ventrals united to the pec- 

 torals and forming a single disc ; body elongated, smooth, with- 

 out tubercles ; dorsal single, and, as well as the anal, rather 

 long. 



Sp. 189. L. vulgaris. Unctuous Sucker, Body compressed 

 behind ; head rather large and broad, the gape wide ; 

 upper lip with two very short barbules ; dorsal and anal 

 united to the caudal, the dorsal commencing a little be- 

 hind the nape, anal about half the length of the body, 

 caudal rounded at the extremity ; colour pale brown, 

 sometimes irregularly striped with lines of a darker hue. 

 — Cav. Reg. An; Yarr. Brit. Pish., ii. p. 371. Cyclop- 

 terus liparis, Linn., Penn. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 179, pi. 24; 

 Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 47. 

 Sp. 190. L. Montagui. Montagu's Sucker. Body rounded 

 and ventricose as far as the vent, behind that compressed 

 and attenuated ; upper lip marked with several indenta- 

 tions ; dorsal and anal fins not united to the caudal ; co- 

 lour dull orange, with bluish tints ; fins bright orange, 

 under parts whitish. — Flem. Brit. An,, p. 190; Yarr. 

 Brit. Fish., ii. p. 374. Cyclopterus Montagui, Mont. 

 Mem. Wern. Soc, i. p. 91. pi. 5 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 68. 

 Fam. XXI. Eclmieidce. Fanx. of Remora Suckers. Body 

 eUyiigated and cova^ed with small scales; the upper part of tlie 

 head consisting of an oval flattened sucker composed of transverse 

 cartilaainous plates. 



