Class IV. UNCTUOUS SUCKER. ijj 



ftill the agitation of the waves, and render them 

 fmooth *. 



Great numbers of thefe filh are found in the 

 Greenland feas during the months of April and May, 

 when they refort near the fhore to fpawn. Their 

 roe is remarkably large, which the Greenlanders 

 boil to a pulp, and eat. They are extremely fat, 

 which recommends them the more to the natives* 

 who admire all oily food : they call them Nipifets, 

 or Cat-fijh, and take quantities of them during the 

 feafon -f. 



This fifli is fometimes eaten in England, being 

 ftewed like carp, but is both flabby and infipid. 



Liparis? Rondel. 272. Gefner Cyclopterus Liparis C. cor- r 8. Uwc- 



pifc. 483. pore nudo, pinnis dorfali tuous^ 



Liparis noflras Dunelm et Ebo- anali caudalique unitis. Lin. 



rac. Sea Snail. Wil Icth. fyji. 414. 



App. 17. Rati fyn. pifc. 74. Cyclogafler. Gronov. Zoopl\ 



Pet. Gaz. tab. 51. fig. 5. No.. 198. 

 Liparis. Arted. fynon. 177. 



^TpHIS fifh takes the name of fea fnail from the 

 -^ foft and unctuous texture of its body, reiem- 

 bling that of the land fnail. It is almoft transpa- 

 rent, and foon dilTolves and melts away. 



It is found in the fea near the mouths of great 

 rivers. We have feen it in January full of fpawn, 



* Philof. Tranf. 1774. p. 445. 

 f Crant^s Hill. Greenland z I. 96. 



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