J 0(1 

 XVlI.-rCYCLOPTEIIlU.E, . 



<:'. I.I MlMs. 



The Coiiunuii Liiiup-Fisli, or Ldiiiip-Suckcr, 



A ieuiarkcil)ly tliick .uid ^loiir lisli, iieaiiy orbicular in out- 

 line, luoking like a Imui) nt' gelatinous uiattcr. Tlio scale- 

 less skiu is vuugheued hy warts, I'ornjing three rows of lumps 

 or processes on each side, On the ridge of the back are 5 to 

 7 large, compressed warts, behind which is a deep oblique 

 fissure. These lumps or processes look like the plates on the 

 sides of a Sturgeon, but are not so hard or well defined. The 

 belly is Inroad and tint, witli an elli]»tical orgau formed by tliu 

 pectoral tins for julhering to other bodies. Back and sides 

 deep blue, tliickly marked witli small black (.devations: belly 

 pale green and white, 



Fin-rays: 1). 12: T. 2(1 : A. Id: ('. 11. 



C. liuitpus^ L. Syst. Nat. 1. p. ill : Ivichards. Faun. Bor. 

 Anier. Fishes, p. 2(50. 



- cn'rideus. ]\nteh. Lit. ^V Pliil. Soe. New Y'ork, 1. p. -i80. 

 pi. 2. fig." 7. 



In the ocean, di-ains o!' A\'(>rcester ounlx', 



XVIII.— (tOBIIDK. 



(iOiUOSOMA. (iiraid. 



(t. ALEl'lDOTA. 



The Variegated (loln-. 



I'xiily oblong, cylindrical, slightly conipi-csscd on the .'•-ides: 

 its surface totally destitute of scales. Head broad, flattened 

 behind the eyes, w liicli are very close togetlier. and only .sepa- 

 rated by a narrow J'nrrow. (ireenish brown, \vifb seven or 

 eight paler transverse bar.sover body^and tail: tins dark brown, 

 caudal fin with two or three curved bars. 



