MONTAGU S SUCKING-FISH. 



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gle, small, and circular : an enlarged representation of the 

 Sucker is here added to assist in affording the means of 

 determining the species : the belly is very tumid ; the vent 

 far removed behind the sucker. The dorsal fin commences 

 farther from the head than in the last species ; the most an- 

 terior rays short, but gradually increasing in length form a 

 broad fin towards the tail, where it is rounded : the anal fin 

 shorter than the dorsal. The fin-rays in number are — 



D. 26 : P. & V. 29 : A. 24 : C. 12. 



This description is partly obtained from Montagu's paper. 



The prevailing colour is a dull orange, varied with occa- 

 sional bluish tints ; the fins brighter orange red ; the lateral 

 line perceptible by a lighter-coloured streak ; the under parts 

 of the body, and about the throat and sucker, white, tinged 

 with flesh colour. 



