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FISHES, 
black spot on each side of the abdomen. Two inches long. In¬ 
habits the European seas. 
Genus 19. — CYCLOPTERUS.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —Mouth very wide; teeth in both jaws 
very small and pointed •, branchial membrane with six rays ; pec¬ 
toral fins large; ventral fins united in the form of an oval and 
concave disc; skin without scales, slimy. 
Cyclopterus lumpus. — The Lump-Sucker. 
Plate LXXIX. fig. 6. 
Skin tuberculated; back blackish-brown, elevated; belly de¬ 
pressed and red; both sides with three rows of ’large conical 
tubercles. Eighteen inches long. Inhabits the North seas. 
Genus 20.—LIPARIS.— Artedi. 
Generic Character. —Body lengthened, compressed, smooth ; 
with long dorsal and anal fins. 
Liparis Montagui. — The Diminutive Lump-Sucker. 
Plate LXXIX. fig. 7. 
Body brownish-purple above, and pale reddish-white beneath ; 
dorsal and caudal fins separate. Two inches long. Inhabits 
the British seas. 
Genus 21. —ECIIENEIS.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character —Snout somewhat obtuse; crown de¬ 
pressed, with a disc composed of transverse plates directed 
obliquely backwards; and dentated or spinous on their posterior 
margin; body elongated, and covered with small scales ; having 
only one soft dorsal fin, placed far back. 
Echeneis Remora. — The Remora. 
Plate LXXIX. fig. 8. 
Umber-brown above, paler below; under jaw projecting 
beyond the upper one; tail semilunar. Eighteen inches long. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean. 
Genus 22— OPHICEPHALUS.— Bloch. 
Generic Character. —Head obtuse, depressed; snout short; 
