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the western coast of Scandinavia, from the Sound up to 

 Bergen, in Norway,, and probably further north. Colour 

 dull orange; belly dirty yellow; all the fins with a 

 blueish tint; length 3 in. D. 30; A. 24; P. 28; 

 C. 14. 



Gen. Lepidog aster. 



The sucking organ divided into two portions ; pectorals 

 very large; one dorsal; cirri before the eyes. 



56. LEPIDOGASTER BIMACULATUS, Pen. Tvaflackad Dubbel 



Sugare. The Double-spotted Sucker. 

 The smallest of the genus, rarely 3 in. long. The 

 single dorsal and anal fins each with six rays, and both 

 divided from the caudal fin ; pectorals very broad ; a 

 round purple spot behind each pectoral, and a double 

 cirrus before each eye; colour purple brown, with 

 minute spots. 



This pretty little sucker was added to the Scandinavian 

 fauna from a specimen taken by Baron v. Duben, on the 

 west coast of Norway, at a depth of thirty fathoms. 



The L. cornubiensis , Jen. (or Cornish sucker) has not yet 

 been detected in these seas. It rather resembles the last, 

 but is larger, and the dorsal and anal fins are united with 

 the caudal. 



Fam. 10. PEDUNCULATI, Cuv. 



Body naked, small, and tapering ; head enormous ; pec- 

 torals fleshy and horizontal ; mouth wide. 



Gen. LopJiius, Art. 



Ventrals like feet ; gill opening behind the small pec- 

 torals ; on the head are three long separate moveable ten- 

 drils, distinct from the dorsal fins, which are two in number ; 

 skin without scales ; ventrals before pectorals ; the branchi- 

 ostegous rays form a purse under the chin. 



57. LOPHIUS PISCATOEIUS, L. Vanlig Marulk, The Fish- 



ing Frog. D. 

 Is met with in all the Scandinavian seas (except on 



