230 Stover's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



3. Lumpus spinosus, Fae. 



Tubercles of the skin not arranged in rows, as in the L. anglorum ; their bases are rough, 

 and they rise into a longish spine in the centre, the largest being upon the upper parts, while 

 the belly is smooth. The first dorsal neither so high nor so thick as in the L. anglorum, and 

 its edge not armed with tubercles, but its soft rays sufficiently evident. The hue of the fish is 

 blackish, the belly whitish, and the first twelve rays of the pectorals quite white. 



D. 6, 11. P. 23. V. 6. A. 10. C. 10. Length, (?). 



Greenland, Fabricius. 



Called " Nepeesardlook," by the Greenlanders. 



Cyclopterus spinosus, Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 134. 



" Spiny Lump, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, III. p. 263. 



4. Lumpus ventricosus, Pallas. 



Body naked; skin covered with livid mucus; abdomen ventricose ; head thick, blunt, 

 flattish above; eyes lateral, on the upper part of the head ; dorsal fin whitish yellow, with 

 black rays, of which the sixth is longer than the rest ; pectoral fins wide ; tail suddenly at- 

 tenuated beyond the vent ; disk orbicular. 



D. (?). P. (•)• v - (•')■ A - ( ? )- C. (?)• Length, 1 foot. 



Seas between America and Kamtschatka, Pallas. 



Cyclopterus ventricosus (Pallas), Lin., Gmel. 



" " Ventricose Sucker, Shaw's Gen. Zool., v. p. 304. 



" " Bellying Lump, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, m. p. 263. 



GENUS II. LIPARIS, Artedi. 



Body smooth, elongated, and compressed behind. A single dorsal, later- 

 ally long, as well as the anal. 



1. Liparis communis, Artedi. 



Body compressed, lengthened, soft, unctuous, subtransparent. Brownish above, with 

 darker stripes ; beneath white, with a cast of yellow on the head and sides. Head large, 

 thick, and rounded ; fins brown ; eyes small ; tail short and rounded. Disk bluish, marked 

 with twelve radial spots. 



D. (?)■ P- (?)• v - (')■ A - (0- C. (.')■ Length, from 5 to 16 or 18 inches. 



Northern Seas, Richardson. 



Called " Abapokeetsok," by the Greenlanders ; " Sea-Snail,'" by the Yorkshire fishermen. 



Cyclopterus liparis, Artedi. 



" " Lin., Syst. Nat., i. p. 414. 



" " Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 135. 



" " Snail-Sucker, Shaw's Gen. Zobl., v. p. 394. 



" " Bloch, iv. pi. 123, figs. 3, 4. 



