444 A CORNISH FATTNA. 



Lemon kSole {Soleapegusa). Couch (British Fishes) mentions one 

 specimen as having occurred at Plymouth, and I have a 

 record of the occurrence of two (on the same day) at Porth- 

 curnow under the Logan Eock. It is rare. 



Solenette {MonocMrus linguatulus). Little Sole. A fish rarely 

 seen, but yet a common one. At its largest size it is so in- 

 significant, that the trawlers who take it fling it overboard 

 as valueless. 



CYCLOPTERIB^.—^^vGKmo, Fishes). 



Lumpfish {Cyclopterus lumpus) Lumpsucker. Not uncommon. 

 The blue fish being the female, and the red one the male. 

 This fish is remarkably tenacious of life. (Couch abandons 

 the Coronated Lumpfish of the Fauna.) 



Sea Snail {Liparis Vulgaris). Eare. Has been taken at Fal- 

 mouth. Also called Butterfish. 



Montague's Sucker (X^^«mifowi«^w^). Common. Probably the 

 Network Sucker {Lepidog aster himaculatus : Gunther) is an 

 accidental variety. 



Cornish Sucker {Lepidogaster cornuhiensis) "The Sucker." Com- 

 mon under stones and in small pools by the seashore. The 

 double spotted Sucker (L. himaculatus : Yarrell) is probably 

 an accidental variety of the Cornish Sucker. It cannot be 

 distinguished from it in a satisfactory manner. 

 It must, however, be remarked that Gunther and Yarrell apply 

 the term " bitnaculatus," the one to a fish allied to Montague's 

 Sucker, the other to a fish allied to the Cornish Sucker ; and 

 with such authorities as these in view, it may well be that a 

 species exists, intermediate between Montague's and the, 

 Cornish Sucker, yet allied to both. 



The Sucking Fish {Eeheneis Eemora). Properly belonging to the 

 family Echetieidoe. Has occurred attached to Codfish in the 

 Bristol Channel, and has been landed in fresh condition 

 taken off the body of a Shark captured in the Bay of Biscay. 

 These are its only claims to be called a Cornish fish, but it 

 is a pure parasite, and I have no doubt it is to be found (if 

 sought for) on the bodies of some of the large fish occasion- 

 ally caught, especially attached under the pectorals. 



