8. LEPADOGASTER. 511 



Cyclopterus ocellatus, Do)ioi\ Brit. Fishes, iv. pi. 76. 



lepadog-aster, Wall. Artedi, \\i. p. 490. 



coniubicus, Skate, Zool. v. p. 397. 



Lepadoga.ster ciliatus, Hisso, Joiirn. Phys. xci. p. 248. 



balbis, Hisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 73. pi. 4. fig. 9, aud Eur. Merid. iii. 



p. 274 (D. 22, A. 11) ; Cuv. Rkjne Aiiim. 

 biciliatus, Hisso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 272 ; Nordm. in Dcmid. Voy. 



Ettss. Merid. iii. p. 537. pi. 15. figs. 4-6. 

 coraubiensis, Fleni. Brit. Aniin. p. 189 ; Yurr. Brit. Fishes, 2nd 



edit. ii. p. 359, 3rd edit. ii. p. 335. 



zebrinus, Lowe, Proa. Zool. Soc. vii. 1839, p. 88. 



webbianus, Valenc. in Wehh l<f Berthel. Iks Caiiar. Poiss. p. 85. 



Skeleton: — Rosenth. Ichthyot. Taf, tab. 20. fig. 11 (Lepadogaster 



balbis). 



B. 5. D. 17-18, A. 9-11. V. 1/4. Yert. 14/20. 



Vertical fins continuous. Anterior nostril with a tentacle ; head 

 broad and convex behind the eyes ; snout depressed, produced like 

 the bill of a duck. 



MeditoiTanean. Black Sea. Northwards to the British coasts. 



a. Adult. Soifth Devonshii'e. Museum Leach. 



b-d, e. Adult. Falmouth. Presented by W. C. Cocks, Esq. 



/. Adult. Polperro. Presented by J. Couch, Esq. 



g-k, I, m. Adult. British specimens. 



nr~q. Adult. Lundy Island. Presented by S. P. "Woodward, Esq. 



r. Many specimens. Madeii'a. 



s. Adult. Mediterranean, Presented by the Rev. W. Hannah, 



t. Adult, South Em-ope, Presented by P, B. Webb, Esq. 



The body is broad and depressed anteriorly, compressed posteriorly, 

 covered -wdth a tough naked skin ; there are several vertical folds on 

 the side of the body. The head is large, its length being contained 

 twice and a half in the total ; its breadth on its posterior portion 

 is considerable, being nearly two-thii'ds of its length ; its upper 

 surface is flat, gently sloping downwards to the snout ; it suddenly 

 becomes narrower before the eyes and is produced into a long and 

 depressed snout, the length of which is one-third of that of the head. 

 The least width of the interorbital space is somewhatPmore than the 

 horizontal diameter of the eye, which is one-eighth of the length of 

 the head. The cleft of the mouth is straight and extends to below 

 the centre of the eye ; its posterior angle is situated on the lower 

 side of the head ; the upper jaw projects a little beyond the lower ; 

 both jaws are armed with a series of teeth, which widens to a small 

 patch of very small teeth anteriorly ; the tongue is long, narrow, 

 and free. The nostrils are close together, situated opposite the 

 upper angle of the orbit ; the anterior is provided with a tentacle, 

 which is sometimes as long as the eye. The gill-opening is narrow, 

 situated before the pectoral fin, the giU-membrancs being attached 

 to the side of the neck and to the isthmiLS. The branchiostcgals, 

 five in number, are very thin ; three giUs and a half ; the pseudo- 

 branchiae are rudimentary, composed of two or three lamina; onlj-. 



The pectorals are of moderate length and rounded ; there is a small 



