FISHES. SUBEACHIATI. 



pink-coloured, with white spots, and a purple spot on each side 

 behind the pectoral fin,, surrounded with a white ring. 1^ inch 

 long. Inhabits British seas Shaw, v. 398. 



Gen. 18. GOBIESOX, Lacep. 



Two pectoral fins not united ; one very short dorsal fin placed 

 above the extremity of the tail ; anal fins short ; head thick, 

 broader than the body. 



G. dentex, (Lepadogaster, Schn.) Body rounded, red ; head large, 

 broader than the body ; mouth as wide as the head ; tail rounded. 

 Inhabits American seas. Shaw, v. 392. 



G. bimaculatus, Cuv. (Cyclopterus, Penn.) Head flat and tumid, 

 body taper, pink-coloured, with minute white spots, a black spot 

 on each side of the abdomen. 2 inches long. Inhabits European 

 seas. B Pen. Brit. Zool, iii. pi. 25. 



Gen. 19- CYCLOPTERUS, Lin. 



Mouth large, with very small pointed teeth in both jaws ; pec- 

 toral fins large ; ventral fins united in the form of an oval and 

 concave disc ; branchial membrane with six rays ; skin vis- 

 cid and without scales. 



The most marked character in this genus is the structure of the ventral fins, the 

 rays of which surrounding the pelvis, and connected by a membrane, form an oval 

 and concave sucker, by which the fishes are enabled to adhere to rocks. Their skin 

 is viscid and without scales. 



C. lumpus, Lin. Lump- sucker. Skin rough, with small tubercles ; 



back elevated, ridged, dusky ; belly flat, red ; three rows of large 



conical tubercles on each side. 19 inches long. Inhabits Northern 



seas. B Shaw, v. pi. 166. 



This fish by means of its sucker is able to adhere with great force to objects. 

 Pennant says, that, on throwing an individual of this species into a pail of water, it 

 adhered so firmly to the bottom, that on taking the fish by the tail the whole pail 

 was lifted, though it held some gallons. 



C. minutus, Pall. Small Sucker. Body compressed, whitish, with 

 two white unequal bony tubercles on each side ; snout marked 

 above the mouth by three tubercles. Inhabits Atlantic Ocean. 

 Shaw, v. 396. 



C. ventricosus, Pall. Head thick, blunt, flattish on the top ; dorsal 

 fin whitish yellow, with black rays ; tail suddenly attenuated be- 

 yond the vent; sucker oval, yellow. 1 foot long. Inhabits American 

 seas . Shaw, v. 394. 



Gen. 20. LIPARIS, Artedi. 



Body elongated, compressed, smooth ; dorsal and anal fins long. 



L. barbatus. Unctuous sucker. Body pale brown with darker stripes, 

 semitransparent ; pectoral fins extending to the throat and re- 

 sembling a beard ; sucker circular. 5 inches long. Inhabits North- 

 ern seas Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. pi. 24. 



L. Montagui, Cuv. Body rounded to the vent, purplish brown ; 



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