FISHES. CARTILAGINEL 40.41. U5 



40. LOPHIUS. Angler. 



154. L. piscatorius. Brownish, beneath whitish, depressed, 

 simply fringed round the edges of the head and 

 sides. 



Frog-fish, Sea Devil. Br. ZooLt. 18. Shaw v. f. 161. Donov. t. 101. 



Body 4 or 5 feet long, very thick and large in front, tapering to 

 the tail : head rounded in front, the lower-jaw longer, the upper 

 with a horny bristle before the eyes, and furnished with feveral 

 long cirri : eyes large, iris radiate with white and brown : teetk 

 sharp, numerous, both in the jaws palate and tongue : dorfal-fin on 

 the lower part of the back, lo-rayed ; pectoral large, rounded, 

 fcolloped, 24-rayed ; ventral short, rigid, palmate, white, 5-rayed ; 

 anal near the tail, g-rayed : tail rounded, 8-rayed. 



41. CYCLOPTERU8. Sucker. 



155. C. Lumpus. Blackish-olive, beneath red: body 

 angulate by 7 rows of sharp bony tubercles. 



Lump Sucker. Br. Zool. t. 21. Donovan, t. 10. Shaw v. t. 106. 

 a. Back very high, pyramidal. Shaw. Zool. v. t. 166. 

 3. Blue, silvery-green, and rofy. Nat. Miscell. t. 10, 

 Body 18 or 19 inches long, rough with tubercles, deep and thick, 

 sharp and raised on the back, flat on the belly : head short, sloping : 

 iris, lips, mouth and tongue red : nostrils single, tubular, near th 

 mouth: orb of adhesion oval, furrounded with thread-like appen- 

 dages : fins reddish; dorfal near the tail 11 -rayed; pectoral zc. ; 

 ventral 6 ; ana/io; tail nearly even> i2-rayed. 



156. C. Liparis. Brownish with blackish spots, beneath 

 white : first ray of the ventral-fin elongated , pecto- 

 ral ventral and anal united. 



Unctuous Sucker. Br. Zool. iii. t. 21. Shaw v. 1. 166. 



2. Chefnut, with whitish undulate lines. Donov. t. 47. 



Body about 5 inches long, taper, foft unctuous and femitranfpa- 

 rent, foon dissolving, brown with darker lines: belly protuberant 

 above the vent : upper-lip with 2 short cirri, a little longer than the 

 lower : nostrils double : orb of adhesion round, bluish, with 12 ra- 

 diate fpots : fins brownish ; dorsal 36-rayed ; pectoral 32 ; ventral 6 ; 

 anal 26; tail rounded, 12-rayed. 



167. C. Montacuti. Conical, transparent, rosy with round- 

 ish brown spots : ventral and anal-tins not reaching 

 to the tail. 



Diminutive Lump Sucker. Donovan** British Fishes, t. 68. 



Body hardly an inch long, pale with a pink tinge, marked with 

 .numerous distinct roundish purplish-brown fpots : head large, ra- 

 ther inflated about the gills, contracting a little in front, gradually 

 decreasing to the tail : fupitblack ; iris silvery : gill-covers dusky ; 

 orb of adhesion ovate, radiate: dorsal and anal'Jtns long, reaching 

 nearly to the tail; pectoral 17 or i8-rayedr anal about 32; tail 

 rounded, with 2 dark bands, i^-rayed. 



158. C. bimaculatus. Pale rosy,with a purple spot sur- 

 rounded by a white ring on each of the sides : head 

 flattish, rather pointed in front: 



Bimaculated Sucker. Br. Zool. t. 22. Donov. t 78. 



Body about an inch and a half long, pink and white in minute 

 fpots: head broad, tapering in front and to the tail : mouth fmall : 

 teeth fmall, regular: eyes large, pupil dark-blue, iris pink with a 

 fold inner circle : dorsal-Jin short, nearer the tail, $-raycd ; pectoral 



