CYCLOPTERIDJE. 



SUBBRACHIAL 



MA LACOPTER YGIL C YCLOPTERID&. 



THE BIMACULATED SUCKER. 



Lepidogaster bimaculatus, Bimaculated Slicker, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 190, sp. 72. 

 Cyclopterus ,, PENN. Brit. Zool.vol. iii. p. 182, 



pi. 25. 



,, ,, ,, ,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 78. 



,, ,, ,, ,, MONTAGU, Linn. Trans, vol. vii. 



p. 293. 



Lepidogaster ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 



470, sp. 158. 



THIS very distinct species was first described by Pennant 

 from a specimen sent him by the Duchess of Portland, which 

 was taken at Weymouth. It has since been taken by Mr. 

 Donovan on the coast of Kent ; by Professor Henslow at 

 Weymouth ; by Colonel Montagu in Devonshire, and at 

 two different localities in Cornwall, Polperro and Penzance. 

 It has also been taken by Mr. William Thompson of Bel- 

 fast, when dredging for shells on the coast of the county of 

 Down in Ireland. 



Colonel Montagu obtained it by deep dredging at Tor- 

 cross, adhering to stones and old shells, and kept some spe- 

 cimens alive for a day or two in a glass of sea-water. 



