22 THE DISCOBOLI. 



Part 2, II. 24; Willugh., 1686, Hist. Pise, 208, pi. N. 11, — L. gibbosus, N. 10, fig. 2 ; Ray, 1713, 

 Syr,. Pise, 77; Duharn., 1782, Traite Gen., IV. 308, pi. 24; De Kay, 1842, Zool. N. Y., IV. 305; Stor., 

 1846, Synops., 481, — 1867, Hist. Fish. Mass., 208, pi. 32, fig. 2 (both pub. in Mem. Am. Acad.); 

 Lumpus vulgaris McMurt., 1831, Cuv. An. King.; Stor., 1S39, Rep. Fishes Mass., 151; Knight, 1866, 

 Fishes Nova Scotia, 16. 



Cyclopterus minutus Pall., 1769, Spic. Zool., VII. 12, pi. 3, figs. 7-9 ; Fabr., 1780, Fauna Groenl., 

 135; Bonn., 1788, Ichth.,27; Gmel., 17S9, Systema,I. 1475; Walb., 1792, Art. Gen. Pise, 485; Donnd., 

 1798, Beitr., III. 815; Schn., 1801, Bl. Syst. Ichth , pp. xxiii, 3; Turt., 1806, Syst. Nat., I. 905; Cuv., 

 1817, R. An., II. 227,-1829, R. An., II. 346, — 1836, R. An., I. 573; Griff., 1831, An. King , X. 502; 

 Ross, 1S35, App. to Sec. Voy., p. xlvi ; Rich., 1836, F. B. Amer., HI. 262 ; Fries, 1838, K. Vet. Ak. 

 Handl., 226; Val., 1810, R. An., ed. ill., Poiss., 311. 



Orbe gibbosus Gesn., 1558, Hist. An., IV. 747, 12S5. Piscis gibbosus Aldr., 1613, De Pise, 480, — 

 1623, De Pise, 180. Lupus marinis Schonev., 1624, Ichth., 41. Orbis oceani Worm, 1655, Mus., 269 ; 

 Cyclopterus sp. Art., 1738, Gen. Pise, 62, — Linn., 1746, Fauna Suee, 103, — Gron., 1754, Mus., I. 56, 

 — Liuu., 1759, Anim. Specierum, 91, — Gouan, 1770, Hist. Poiss., 223. Oncotion Klein, 1744, Miss., 

 IV. 49, — ■ Ascau., 1777, Icon., pi. 34. Oncotion gibbosus Klein, 1744, Miss., IV. 50, and Oncotion (3), 

 pi. xiv. fig. 5, — Walb., 1792, Art. Gen. Pise, 583,-1793, Kleinii Ichth. Enod., 07. Cyclopterus 

 heptagonus Linn., 1754, Mus. Ad. Frid., I. 57. Cyclopterus Houtt, 1764, Nat. Hist., VII. 248, pi. 60, 

 fig. 5. Cyclopterus pavoninus Shaw, 1797, Nat. Misc., IX. pi. 310,-1804, Gen. Zool., V. pi. 167, 

 fig. 1. Cyclopterus pyramidatus Shaw, 1801, Gen. Zool., V. 390, Pi. 167, fig. 2. Cyclopterus cceruleus 

 Mitch., 1815, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc. N. Y., I. 480. Le Cychptere lompe LaC, 1800, Hist. Poiss., II. 

 52, pi. 3, fig. 1. Gobius minutus Mull., 1808, Zool. Dan , IV. 38, pi. 151 B, figs. 1-3, — Risso, 1810, 

 Ichth. Nice, 159. Cyclopterus coronatus Couch, 1823, Nat. Hist. Cornw., 47, — Ann. Nat. Hist., II. 

 382,— Thomps., 1840, Ann. Mag., V. 216. 



Lump-sucker Pennant, 1776, Brit. Zool., III. 133, pi. 21, figs. 1, 2,— 1812, Brit. Zool., III. 176, pi. 24. 



Lump-fish Low, 1813, Nat. Hist. Orkn., 177. 



B. 6 ; D. 6-8 / 11 ; A. 9-10 ; V. 6 ; P. 20 ; C. 12-14 ; Vert. 29 (11 + 18). 



Body massive, compressed, subtriangalar in transverse section through 

 the middle, belly flattened, depth nearly equal to half the total length in 

 large specimens ; the portion behind the abdominal chamber much com- 

 pressed, and less than half the length of the body proper. Head short, 

 about one fifth of the entire length, subquadrangular in transverse section, 

 forehead broad, flattened, nape high ; snout short, broad, blunt ; mouth 

 wide, anterior, opening with a slight upward direction, extending back- 

 ward almost to a vertical from the front margin of the eye. Eyes lateral 

 near the top of the head, as long as the snout, one fourth as long as the 

 head, and one third as wide as the interorbital space. Forehead broad, 

 depressed, convex. Nostrils small ; hinder smaller, near the eyes on the 

 interorbital space ; anterior farther forward, half-way to the mouth, with 

 a short tube. Gill opening moderately wide, its lower third in front of 

 the base of the pectoral. Fins with rounded margins, rough with small 

 tubercles. First dorsal distinct on very young individuals, variable in shape, 

 thick and fleshy with weak rays in older stages. Second dorsal distinct, 

 broad, rounded. Caudal, broad, subtruncate or rounded posteriorly. Anal 

 moderate, opposite the second dorsal, which it resembles in shape. Fee- 



