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190 FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Cyclopterus. 



72. L. bimaculatus. Bimaculated Sucker. — Snout conical ; 

 body attenuated. Dorsal fin Avith five rays ; no cirri in front 

 of the eyes. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 39?. Mrnit. Linn. Trans, vii. p. 293. Dotz. Brit. 

 Fishes, t. Ixxviii. On the English coast. 

 Length an inch and a half. Colour pink, with white spots ; pupil blue. 

 Behind the pectoral fin, in maturity, on each side is a purple spot, surround- 

 ed by a ring of white. P. 1 1, V. 4, A. 5, C 12. This species was communicat- 

 ed to Pennant by the Duchess of Portland, from Weymouth. Montagu ob- 

 tained it, by dredging, at Forcross in abundance, adhering to stones and old 

 shells. 



Gen. XXXVI. IJPARIS.— Body smooth, produced ; dor- 

 sal and anal fins long. 



73. L. vulgaris. Sea-snail. — Dorsal and anal fins united with 

 the caudal. Sucker circular ; the mesial hgament broad. 



Liparis nostras, Will. Ich. app. 17- Cyclopterus Liparis, Linn. Syst. i. 



414. Uncteous Sucker, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 135. C. L. Don. Brit. 



Fishes, xlvii. lu salt-water, near the mouths of riv^ers ; common. 



Length 4 to 5 inches. Above dusky, beneath whitish ; sometimes the 



sides and back have purple stripes. B. 36, P. 32, A. 26, C. 12. When out of 



the water it soon dissolves. 



74. L. Montagid. — Dorsal, anal, and caudal fins disjoined. 

 Sucker ovate ; the mesial ligament narrow. 



Cycop. Mon. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. Ixviii. Mont. Wern. Mem. i. 91 — 

 Coast of Devon. 

 Length 2 inches. Body rounded to the vent, compressed towards the tail ; 

 purplish-brown, with confluent spots. D. 26, P. and v. 29, A. 24, C 12. Front 

 of the head scalloped with six indentations. — This species has only been ob- 

 served by Montagu, at extraordinary low tides, among the rocks at Milton^ 

 on the south coast of Devon. 



Gen. XXXVII. CYCLOPTERUS. Ldmp-fish. — Body 

 deep, with ridges of osseous tubercles ; dorsal and anal fins 

 short. 



75. C. Lumpus. — Back sharp, elevated ; belly flat. 



Lumpus, Sibb. Scot. 24. Will. Ich. 208 — Cyc. L. Linn. Syst. L 414- 



Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 133 E, Lump, Sea Owl; S, (male) Cock Padle, 



(female) Hen Padle, Hush, Bagaty.— Common on the coast. 

 Length about 18 inches. Back dusky, belly and iridis red. Skin rough ; 

 seven ridges of tubercles. D. 11, P. 20, A. 10, C 12. Flesh coarse and oily ; 

 seldom used as food. 



A single instance of the Echineis Remora occurring on our coast, is recorded 

 by Dr Turton, in his British Fauna, p. 94, where he states, that one was 

 " taken by the author in Swansea, from the back of a codfish in the summer 

 of 1806." 



Gen. XXXVIII. MORHUA. Cod. — Fins large ; body 

 tapering retrally. A single beard on the lower jaw. 



