490 Storer on the 
Famity III. 
DISCOBOLI. 
CvcLorTERUus,—subgenus. Lumrus. Cuv. 
Generic characters. Head and body deep, thick, 
and short; back with an elevated ridge, the invest- 
ing skin enclosing simple rays; pectoral fins unit- 
ing under the throat, and with the ventrals form- 
ing a single disk. 
L. vulgaris. Cuv. The Lump sucker. Lump fish. 
s Pennant’s British Zoology, vol. iii. p. 117, et fig. 
Strack's Plates, 11. 1. 
Richardson’s Fauna, iii, 260. 
Trans. Lit. et Philosoph. Soc. vol. i, p. 480, et fig. 
Mc Murtrie's Cuv. vol. ii. p. 254. 
Yarrell’s British Fishes, vol. ii, p. 270, et fig. 
This not uncommon species in Massachusetts Bay 
is frequently seen after severe storms washed upon 
our beaches. Occasionally, it is taken in fishing for 
cod, with the hook ; generally, however, it is found 
attached to sea-weed and other floating substances 
near the shore. Richardson tells us that “the Green- 
landers eat its flesh either cooked or dried, and its 
skin raw, throwing away only the tubercles ;” and 
Dr. Neal observes, “that it is purchased at Edin- 
burgh for the table.” With us, however, it is not 
used as an article of food. The common weight of 
this fish is from 3 to 4 pounds, and 6 to 12 pounds. 
