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SUBBRACHIAL 



MALACOPTERYGIL CYCLOPTERID^. 



MONTAGU'S SUCKING-FISH. 



DIMINUTIVE SUCKER. 



Liparis Montagui, Montagu's Sucker, Flem. Brit. An. p. 190, sp. 74. 



,, „ CuviER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 346, note 2. 



Cyclopterus Montagui, Dinmiutive Sucker, Montagu, Wern. Mem. vol. i. 



p. 91, pi. 5. 

 „ „ ,, „ Don. Brk. Fish. pi. 68. 



,, ,, Montagu's Sucker, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 183. 



This species of Sucking-fish, smaller in size than the one 

 last described, was first discovered by Colonel Montagu. A 

 drawing of it was sent by that excellent observer to Mr. 

 Donovan, who was then publishing his Natural History of 

 British Fishes, and with whom the specific name, referring to 

 Colonel Montagu, originated. The first specimen obtained 

 was of very diminutive size. Subsequently Colonel Montagu 

 having acquired various other larger and adult specimens, 

 published a description and figure of this species himself in 

 the Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, as 

 already quoted. 



