Jordan a?id Evermann. Fishes of North America. 2097 



of the space between the dorsals ; a row of larger ones extends from the 

 supraorbital region along the flank to the upper part of the tail ; a series, 

 starting a little above the pectoral, passes to the lower portion of the 

 tail ; and a third lateral series reaches along each line of the lower surface 

 from the side of the disk to the anal. The fleshy ridge enveloping the 

 first dorsal is subject to considerable variation; it usually continues for- 

 ward on the nape and becomes indefinite at the occiput. In alcohol the 

 colors are brownish or olive to grayish, the tubercles darker. In life the 

 tints vary from yellowish or greenish in the young to more or less brilliant 

 red in the males, or bluish to dark brown in females; spots, blotches, 

 cloudings, or other markings are not infrequent. The youug often take 

 the color of their surroundings. 



Mr. Dresel gives the following notes on a small example of this species, 

 31 mm. long, from Davis Straits: 



The spinous dorsal is comparatively high, and is not enveloped in thick skin as in the 

 adults. The abdominal tubercles are the most developed. The gill opening is as long as 

 the base of the anal tin, which is as long as the disk. D. IY, 10 ; A. 10. Only 1 specimen, 

 badly mutilated by the 'Eskimo dogs, was seen at Godhavn. The color was bright olive 

 green, with the belly white. These fish are seldom caught in this harbor after May, dur- 

 ing which month they are very abundant. 



North Atlantic, on rocky shores of both coasts; south to Cape Cod and 

 France ; generally abundant, reaching a length of 20 inches or more, but 

 usually much smaller ; they are rarely used as food. According to Garman, 

 the Lumpfish spawns near shore in March or April, after which the female 

 retires to deep water, leaving the male to watch the eggs, which hatch 

 among seaweed and eelgrass. (Eu.) (lumpus, from the English lump, the 

 fish having been called Lumpus anglorum by Gesner.) 



Cyclopterus lumpus, LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. xi, 1, 260, 1788, Baltic and North Sea ; GiJN- 

 THER, Cat., m, 155, 1861 ; DRESEL, Proc.U. S. Nat. Mus. 1884,250; JORDAN & GILBERT, 

 Synopsis, 747, 1883; GARMAN, Discoboli, 21, 1892, and of authors generally. 



Cyclopterus minutus, PALLAS, Spicilegia, Zool., vn, 12, 1769, Atlantic Ocean. 



Cyclopterus pavoninus, SHAW, Nat. Misc., ix, pi. 310, 1797. 



Cyclopterus pyramidatus, SHAW, Gen'l Zool., V, 390, 1804. 



Gobius minutus, MULLER, Zool. Dan., iv, 38, 1808, Denmark. 



Cyclopterus cceruleus, MITCHILL, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. T., i, 1815, 480, New York 

 Harbor. 



Cyclopterus coronatus, COUCH, Nat. Hist. Cornwall, 47, 1823, Cornwall. 



Linnpus vulgaris, McMuRTRiE, in CUVIER, Anim. Kingdom, 1831 ; after LINNJEUS. 



Lumpus anglorum, DE KAY, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, iv, 305, 1842 ; after LINNAEUS. 



779. EUMICROTREMUS, Gill. 



Eumicrotremus, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1864, 190 (spinosus). 



Body and head covered with spines and tuber cles, not arranged in regu- 

 lar rows; first dorsal not hidden so early in life as in Cyclopterus. Eyes 

 and disk larger than in Cyclopterus, the gill openings rather smaller. 

 Dorsal rays VI or VII, 10 or 11. Size small. Northern seas. (sJ, very; 

 liiKpo$, small; rpffjiia, aperture.) 



a. Body rather elongate, the depth 2 in length ; tubercles large. SPINOSUS, 2435. 



aa. Body short and deep, the depth length; tubercles smaller. ORBIS, 2436. 



